Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. She ended her career by hitting the reefs of Ouessant, Britanny, and sank despite the help of a French gunboat in 1876. For long sea voyages, they were free of any space taken by coal of machines and thus carried more goods for the same size. Donald Mackay never built two ships exactly alike, and the James Baines was of slightly fuller design that the Lightning and yet sharper and longer in the bow than the Champion of the Seas. The Wenonah Historical Society has a model of the Eagle Wing made around 1872 or so and it would be so great to have some insight about life on board this wonderful extreme clipper. Companies still kept some more for the prestige and as a flagship than to make profit as per se. In the front of the saloon house are the staterooms of the first & second officers, and the windows of these rooms are of stained glass and have the ships name in them. The painting is by Captain Thomas Robertson (1819?-1875? Still mentioned in the Liverpool Ship's Register of 1863 her final fate is unknown. The damaged hull was sold to the Liverpudlian shipowner Robert Pace for 1,080, who converted it into a coal barge which is said to have collided with another barge in 1860 at Galway harbour, Ireland. 100 tons of steel ballast were added to the hull, to perfect her stability and to compensate for her higher mast height (meaning taking more wind). Cannot find anything on either ship on Internet, but someone else researching said that the PIDGEON was never in that location. She is so strongly built, so finely finished and is so beautiful a model that even envy cannot prompt a fault against her. Every framed picture is created by hand in our workshop by specialist framers. 10 for a single canvas (5 for our rolled canvases). She rivalled theLightning as the fastest ship in the English marine, andended her days in the lumber trade between Canada andEngland. This painting depicts three American vessels, the LIGHTNING, JAMES BAINES and RED JACKET in Hobson's Bay, with a view of Port Melbourne in the background. Original file (1,280 955 pixels, file size: 895 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg). Our expertise and use of high-quality materials means that our print colours are independently verified to last between 100 and 200 years. [9] Some of the clippers Baines was able to buy at a very low price following the Panic of 1857 and the onset of the American Civil War. All our frames have a smooth satin finish, and measure 20mm (front face) by 23mm (depth from wall). We use a 240gsm fine art paper and premium branded inks to create the perfect reproduction. 1 for a single card, up to 4 for a pack of 16. In fact as the worlds leading industrial power, UK already built a flew ships in iron prior to 1859. We have learned about Captain Linnell recently but not much else. In 1866 the Taeping won by only 12 minutes over the Ariel, and only because the captain chose the more risky trip south. record 89 days, and the James Baines set the transatlantic sailing record of 12 days 6 h from Boston to Liverpool, Eng. At Liverpool the James Baines was fitted and furnished for passengers by Messrs. James H. Beal and brother. One of the most famous clippers she was known first for her exceptional speed between New York and San Francisco, nailing one record at 89 days and 21 hours in 1851, and 1854 in 89 days 13 hours. Badly damaged, she putinto port, and was condemned and sold. all canvases are despatched within 5-7 days via courier or recorded mail. And when this ended, it went on with human cargo, immigrants to the US and South America or Australia. Regarding her lines, stem, and bow, she was not as sharp and hollow-lined as her sister ship Lightning or as "full" as her other sister ship Champion of the Seas. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. 3, directed by James Gunn, starts with talking trash panda Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) quietly humming along to Radiohead's "Creep." The most famous Australian clipper of that era was the James Baines (1850). In July 1857, James Baines (together with Champion of the Seas) was reviewed by Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort Albert while lying in Portsmouth. http://wenonahhistoricalsociety.org/Eagle-Wing-clipper-ship-model-by-Andrew-W-Carey. They were either worn out of progress made them obsolete. Its office was located at 6 Cook Street, Liverpool. By 1856, none was built anymore. They could have been originated not from the east coast but from the Bermuda sloop, made for open ocean. Such ships were the Chasseur, Prince de Neufchatel and General Armstrong. Carrying wool to UK, she made the trip in 63 days and less hours, the world record. In 1914, the numbers of sailing ships was still very impressive. JoAnn Adams In effect, Extra length above this level was tax-free, which motivated greatly the construction of more Clippers. Location of original painting unknown. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Royal Clipper is an extra-special ship and one that turns heads wherever she roams. They played their part in the independence, scouting for the insurgents, and were very fast thanks to their V-shaped cross-section below the waterline, strongly raked stem and masts. and G. Griswold, had him baptized during the greatest launching ceremony ever seen in New York. The stern and the bow including the cutwater were beautifully adorned with gilded carvings, the ship's hull was painted black with blue waterways and a blue underwater ship. Californian Clippers View original page. Still mentioned in the Liverpool Ship's Register of 1863 her final fate is unknown. The out line of the poop and the house is protected by rails, on turned stanchions, and the enclosure forms a spacious and beautiful promenade deck. The staircase in the after part of the saloon leads to the main deck, where are the gentlemens sleeping apartments, 24 in all, each stateroom having two berths. It is believed to have been lost by the PIDGEON. She is so strongly built, so finely finished and is so beautiful a model that even envy cannot prompt a fault against her. According to Lubbock, the Queen made remarks to the effect that "she did not know she possessed such a splendid ship in her Mercantile Marine. Discounts on postcard packs of 4, 8 or 16. On all hands she has been praised as the most perfect sailing ship that ever entered the river Mersey." Donald Mackay never built two ships exactly alike, and the James Baines was of slightly fuller design that the Lightning and yet sharper and longer in the bow than the Champion of the Seas. She reached the record-breaking speed of 21 knots in 1856 and under Captain C. McConnell made Boston-Liverpool in 12 days, 6 hours. Image reference: PY8547. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper Namesake of James Baines was her owner James Baines of James Baines & Co. of Liverpool and Australian packets and was once described as "the most perfect ship afloat". Supposedly an anchor from this ship was recovered from San Francisco Bay off Yerba Buena Island in November 1964 by the Freighter Robin Kirk. She had most of the characteristics of clippers of his time, including concave or hollowed lines forward, a clear innovation at that time, now mainstream in ship construction. The freshest tea from India up to Londons docks. Good luck for your research ! Rivalry between the shipping companies who owned RED JACKET and LIGHTNING was fierce, with large sums of money being . On Mr James Baines order the ship was equipped and fitted with the best and most modern ship improvements (pumps, windlasses & winches, Crane's self-acting chain-stoppers (invented in 1852)). During her voyage of13,880 miles she averaged 200 miles a day. Clipper ships were the backbone of maritime trade in the 19th century. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions. As she was built for a passenger shipping line she provided luxury (1st class) accommodations equipped with the finest furniture available and mahogany panelling (wainscots), furthermore with standard rooms for the transportation of 700 passengers. The famous Americas Cup appeared just when this trade competition between England and the USA was at its highest. Extreme Clippers would flourish between 1845 and 1855, before changes of regulations and more reliable steamers among others made them less profitable. all framed pictures are despatched within 5-7 days via courier or recorded mail. Only by seizing the colonial Empire of Indochina in the 1880s the French could deploy their own long range trading networks, taking advantage of classic Clippers. Companies (called in French armements) such as Bordes, in Nantes, which launched in 30 years some 230 iron tall ships, specialized in carrying coal and cereals from the United States and nitrates from Chile. Californian-built made Liverpool-Melbourne on a regular basis and her first crossing in 63 days. Her hull was composite, with steel framing and a teak deck. The first to win earned an extra bonus of one pound per ton of precious cargo, the other down to 10 shilling. The clipper was one of the few known larger sailing ships rigged with a moonsail. I just added the photo on this article BTW. She was built to serve the London-Foochow route to China at a time when the tea trade gave rise to ferocious regattas. The apple of his great mast was 70 meters high, and the shape of his hull was the thinnest ever seen. Her mast-heads and yards were black and equipped with iron caps, the hoops on her masts were held in white as well as the deck houses and rails. It was influenced by Dryden, the English poet that first used it to describe the swift flight of a falcon in the 17th century. The Lightning set the all-time record Read More Overall lenght: 235 US feet (71.6 m), 12.7 m (41.8 US feet) wide, 6.55 m (21.6 US feet) draft (2.5 m below beam). The most prestigious and prolific Clipper builders and operators were the West Coast Yards. Inscribed 'The Clipper Ship James Baines one of the Black Ball Line of Australian Packets belonging to Messrs James Baines & Co, Liverpool'.Samuel Walters (artist)Original size: 536 mm x 704 mm. Standard greetings cards are 10 x 15cm (4 x 6 inches); our larger cards are 15 x 21cm (6 x 8 inches). View Clipper ship SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS oil painting Torrey, Charles 1916 1933.7 View Black Ball Line clipper ship JAMES BAINES photograph of print 1950.1969 View Model of clipper ship SEA WITCH model Davis, Charles Gerard 1940.377 View NORTHERN LIGHT, 3-masted ship, copy of a painting, undated print Lane, Fitz Henry 1967.139.2