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''Cremorne'' was a
clipper ship
A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. Clippers were generally narrow for their length, small by later 19th century standards, could carry limited bulk freight, and had a large total sail area. "Cli ...
of Sutton and Co.'s Dispatch Line and Coleman's California Line. She sailed between New York
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and San Francisco.
Her services were advertised in sailing card
A sailing card is a printed advertisement with information on a ship and its sailing dates, especially clipper ships. Mystic Seaport in Mystic Connecticut has a collection of sailing cards. They were used from the mid-1850s in the U.S. to prom ...
s.
Construction
The hull was built by Maxson, Fish & Co. inMystic, Connecticut
Mystic is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in Groton and Stonington, Connecticut, United States.
Historically, Mystic was a significant Connecticut seaport with more than 600 ships built over 135 years starting in 1784. Mystic Seap ...
. The owners of the vessel were Lawrence, Giles & Co. of New York. Her first commander was Captain Isaac D. Gates. "Her intended service was the California and East India Trade ...
This vessel is well built, and in every respect thoroughly and heavily fastened with composition spikes, copper butt bolts, and treenails. Her keel is of white oak, also her keelsons of three thicknesses, all edge-bolted. Her frames are of white oak and white chestnut, very heavy; ceiling, white oak, beams and deck frame, white chestnut, all full kneed with hacmetac and oak knees; clamps are edge-bolted; patent windlass. Has six hooks and pointers forward, and same number aft."
Voyages
"Of six westward passages to San Francisco, four were completed to New York, and one carried wheat to Liverpool. Her record run was from San Francisco to the Equator in 14 days."Locomotive transport
"One ship carrying a locomotive, ''Cremorne'', sailed through a hurricane in October 1865." ''Cremorne'' left New York on October 21, 1865, and arrived in San Francisco on March 9, 1866 after a voyage of 140 days, carrying ''Central Pacific'' locomotive CP 11.Fate of the ship
"''Cremorne'' was posted as missing in 1870." "On June 1, 1870, the ''Cremorne'' passed through theGolden Gate
The Golden Gate is a strait on the west coast of North America that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. It is defined by the headlands of the San Francisco Peninsula and the Marin Peninsula, and, since 1937, has been spanned by ...
bound for Liverpool ... and she was never heard from again."
See also
*South Street Seaport
The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of Manhattan, centered where Fulton Street meets the East River, and adjacent to the Financial District, in Lower Manhattan. The Seaport is a designated historic district ...
References
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