Dimensions: 226'x44'9"x29

Tonnage: 2275 RT

1854 - The passage from the Boston Light to the Rock Light off Liverpool
     which took 12 days, 6 hours, is still the sailing ship record. 
1854 - The premier sailing from Liverpool to Melbourne took 65 days. A
     420 miles day's run was achieved during the return passage which in total
     took 69 1/2 days. 
1857 - Made her last Australia passage after which she was chartered by the
     British Government for carring troops to India. 
1857 - April 21st, caught fire during discharging a cargo consisting of jute,
     linseed and cowhides in the Huskinsson Dock, Liverpool. The remains
     were abandoned as a total loss and was sold to Mr Robert Pace, Liverpool,
     a shipowner who rebuilt the damaged hull into a coal barge. 
1863 - still mentioned in the Liverpool Register. Her final fate is unknown. 

Select Bibliography:

     Howe, Octavius T. & Matthews, Fredric C.: American Clipper Ships
     1833-1858. 
     Argosy Antiquarian, New York, 1967 (facs av ou 1926). 2 vols. 
     McKay, Richard: Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder Donald
     McKay. 
     G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1928. 8vo, xxvii, 395 pp, 62 pl. 
     McLean, Duncan: The New Clipper James Baines. The Boston Daily
     Atlas, Vol. XXIII, No. 53, Friday, September 1, 1854. 
     Reprinted in NRJ Vol. 25, pp 33-35. 
     Stammers, Michael K.: The Passage Makers. Teredo Books, Brighton,
     1978.