Sierra Nevada

A royal-yard rigged wooden clipper launched on May 25, 1854, at Toby & Littlefield, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Dimensions: 222'2" x 44'4" x 19'4"

Tonnage: 1942 ton (old measure), 1616 ton (British), 1061 under deck tonnage

1854 
     Delivered to Glidden & Williams, Boston. The commander on the first
     voyage, which was Boston - Callao in 97 days, was captain Penhallow. 
1855 
     Run foul of Jane Leach and lost her figurehead. 
1855 
     Stuck on the dock sill at Wellington Dock, Liverpool, which broke her
     back. Sold for $ 9000:- 
1856 
     New York - San Francisco, 128 days. After that San Francisco - Callao på
     53 days and then Callao - Hampton Roads in 69 days. The last voyage for
     the year was Boston - San Francisco, 140 days. 
1858 
     Captain Blaney, New York - Melbourne på 105 days. 
     Melbourne - Hong Kong, 53 days. 
     Anjer - New York, 79 days. 
     Captain James G. Foster, Boston - San Francisco, 97 days. 
     San Francisco - New York, 98 days. 
1861 
     New York - San Francisco, 114 days. 
     San Francisco - New York, 101 days. 
     Captain Horton, New York - San Francisco, 105 days. 
     San Francisco - Callao, 52 days. 
     Callao - London, 80 days. 


By Lars_Bruzelius@udac.uu.se
Derived from the The Maritime History Virtual Archives