This is a list of extreme clippers.
Ship | Launch date | Country | Builder | Location | Owner | Notes |
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Surprise | 5 October 1850 | United States | Samuel Hall, East Boston, Massachusetts | New York City , New York | A. A. Low & Brother[1] | |
Sea Serpent | 20 November 1850 | United States | George Raynes | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Grinnell, Minturn & Co, New York City | |
Witchcraft | 21 December 1850 | United States | Paul Curtis | Chelsea, Massachusetts | Samuel Hall, East Boston | Designed by Samuel Hartt Pook |
N.B. Palmer | 5 February 1851 | United States | Westervelt & Mackay | New York City , New York | A.A. Low & Brother, New York City | Named after Nathaniel Brown Palmer[2] |
Witch of the Wave | 5 April 1851 | United States | George Raynes | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Glidden & Williams, East Boston, Massachusetts | Sailed for 34 years; held record from Calcutta to Boston; renamed Electra in 1855. |
Flying Cloud | 15 April 1851 | United States | Donald McKay | East Boston, Massachusetts | Grinnell, Minturn & Co, New York City , New York | Most famous McKay extreme clipper. Record passage, New York to San Francisco, 89 days[3] |
Syren | 1 May 1851 | United States | John Taylor | Medford, Massachusetts | Silsbee & Pickman, Salem, Massachusetts | |
Nightingale | 16 June 1851 | United States | Samuel Hanscomb Jr. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Captain A. F. Miller, Boston, Massachusetts | Tea clipper; became notorious as slaver; Civil War US Navy ship, arctic explorer[4] |
Northern Light | 25 September 1851 | United States | E. & H.O. Briggs | South Boston, Massachusetts | James Huckins | Designed by Samuel Hartt Pook. 1853 record, San Francisco to Boston, 76 days, 6 hours.[5] |
Golden State | 10 January 1853 | United States | Jacob Aaron Westervelt | New York City , New York | Chambers & Heiser, New York |