Composite steam clippers, arguably much slower but carrying more due to their stronger ans larger hull, proved more profitable. The following extracts are taken from an account of the James Baines given in the Boston Atlas at the time of her launch:-She has a long, rakish, sharp bow with slightly concave lines below, but convex above, and it is ornamented with a bust of her namesake, which was carved in Liverpool and which is said by those who know the original to be an excellent likeness. Teabel Rallying with Great Britains Wamphoa Tea, he set a new record in 105 days. The Challenge is without a doubt the most beautiful and the fastest, the biggest clipper ever built in the USA. [6] As the gold rush traffic subsided after 1856, James Baines & Co.signed an agreement with the Queensland colony in 1860 and ran a monopoly on that route, providing emigrants to the colony. Californian clippers were therefore built to rally San Francisco to New York in record times, in four month, and gradually down to 90 days as the Clippers became better and better. She has a full poop deck, between 7 and 8 feet high, under which is the cabin for female passengers and before it a large house which contains the dining saloon and other apartments. In two or three trips, the ship more than made up for the expenses of its construction and maintenance. I am writing a book on a woman who sailed with her officer husband & children to New Zealand on the Chariot of Fame. James Baines caught fire on Thursday morning, 22 April 1858 while discharging her cargo in the Huskisson Dock at Liverpool following her only voyage from India. Its interior fittings were extremely refined for a merchant ship, a freighter with current standards, with two accommodations for officers, another large room and an antechamber, 6 luxurious cabins in rosewood, panelled with carvings oak raised fine gilding. During her short career her first voyage to Australia took her 65 days from Liverpool to Melbourne (her 'second' maiden voyage from her homeport) in 1854 and 69 days for the return passage including the famous 420 nautical miles (780km) day's run. http://wenonahhistoricalsociety.org/Eagle-Wing-clipper-ship-model-by-Andrew-W-Carey. Samuel Walters (artist) Original size: 536 mm x 704 mm. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions. James Baines was a passenger clipper ship completely constructed of timber in the 1850s and launched on 25 July 1854 from the East Boston shipyard of the famous ship builder Donald McKay in the United States for the Black Ball Line of James Baines & Co., Liverpool. Free Trade One of the 2300+ advertising sailing cards were produced, highly praised by collectioners today. //fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-hornier The Line carried on under the management of the successors of James Baines & Co., James Baines, Taylor & Co. and T. M. Mackay, Son & Co., relying on chartered ships to maintain its sailing business, but it finally ceased trading in 1871. Medium Clippers were still impressive by their own right nevertheless. Clipper could either be likened to to clip, cut, cross quickly, or get close to an marine slang term for the pinnacle of its field, a thoroughbred of the seas as it was also associated with race horses. She has copper-chambered pumps, six capstans, a crab-winch on the focsle, a patent windlass, Cranes self-acting chain stoppers, a patent steering apparatus and a large variety of other improvements of the most modern kind.. The Thermopylae is certainly less known than the Cutty Sark, but she was nevertheless one of the key legends of the Clippers time; Its actually her who holds the record for the fastest tea clipper in the world, winning the Golden Rooster, breaking all established records, and motivating the owner of the rival company arming the Cutty Sark to build another clipper. 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. [3], The conditions on the Line's ships often were quite appalling. all unframed prints are despatched within 2-4 days via courier or recorded mail. Category:James Baines (ship, 1854) - Wikimedia Commons (2,434 1,696 pixels, file size: 563 KB, MIME type: Some ships of the clipper ship era, their builders, owners, and captains; State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass. Like frigates they were called composites. //fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armement_Bordes, Why conserve the Cutty Sark? Officers promptly re-established order by harsh discipline and the journey continued in a heavy atmosphere. The clipper was one of the few known larger sailing ships . Required fields are marked *. Her unrivalled passage, of course, brought her prominently before the public and she has already been visited by many of the most eminent mechanics of the country. Delivery to the UK is From Liverpool, she transported migrants to Australia. Thus, off Rio there was a mutiny, and the second was killed. 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". Called Havrais (Form the Havre, main French sailing trade port), or Cap-Hornier (in reference to Cape Horn), the French Clipper era preceded the tall ship traders, generally built in iron and then steel up to 1914. In detail: All three masts (with lower, top, and topgallant masts including royal and skysail masts) had a course sail, a topsail, a topgallant sail, a royal sail, and a skysail. It was influenced by Dryden, the English poet that first used it to describe the swift flight of a falcon in the 17th century. Location of original painting unknown. 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." For once, we left the guns to rest, and turn the bar back in time, with one of the most glorious page of sail: A long tradition that still is revered around the world, maintained by naval schools and living museums: The magnificent Tall ships and the invention of trading race: The great clippers are unleashed ! James Baines was not only a beautiful but also a very fast ship holding still sailing ship records as that of her first voyage from Boston to Liverpool. Unfortunately despite such a rich history, no American clipper has survived. Huge, moving 2006 empty barrels, 70 meters long, its very solid hull had iron struts and was 51 cm wide at the waterline, the challenge was also the first to have three decks. On July 31, she reached 18 knots and Eleanor Creesy calculated and average of 15 knots on 374 miles/24 hours. Luxurious 400gsm artist-grade canvas with a subtle textured finish, guaranteeing a consistent reproduction of the image's detail with outstanding clarity and precision. Her unrivalled passage, of course, brought her prominently before the public and she has already been visited by many of the most eminent mechanics of the country. The ship had also state-rooms and dining-rooms of the finest design. Like battlecruisers they were designed to catch up any ships or skirmish with larger ones. Older pictures show the ship with only four square sails on the fore and mizzen masts, and five on the main mast. She was sold in Bombay as Golden City, and travelled between India and Hong Kong, then she sailed in 1866 for Wilson and Co. of Britain between Bombay and Java. She often ended her travels with part of her rig absent, as well as her crew. She won the tea race of 1856. The Panic of 1857 started the downslide for Clippers. On the second leg of her maiden voyage, she made a record passage from Honolulu, Hawaii, to New York City in 82 days. They stat active in the 1880s even after the opening of the Suez canal, which only shortened their trip for 900 miles, whereas the 4600 miles between Europe and Australia used western winds to best effect. Running up Channel the wind was strong and fair and very squally, the vessel sometimes making 20 knots an hour between points. Passenger contract ticket for Lightning (Clipper Ship), 1862 And when this ended, it went on with human cargo, immigrants to the US and South America or Australia. [1][2] It also traded in India and Crimea. Your email address will not be published. Opium clippers were generally smaller, such as the Ariel (1842) 100 tons OM. 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. James Baines Modify Page Content Ship Details Rig Clipper ship of the Black Ball Line Tonnage 2515 Voyages View Full List 4 January 1857 James Baines Liverpool Melbourne 8 April 1854 11 February 1855 James Baines Liverpool Melbourne 1856 James Baines Liverpool Williamstown, Vic James Baines Melbourne Liverpool Description In 82 days Media James Baines & Co. - Wikipedia The Era of the Clipper Ships: The Legacy of Donald McKay From 1862, she sailed for James Baines & Co. with the Black Ball Line and by April 1871, resold to Harry Smith Edwards, South Shields. The passenger clipper ship 'James Baines', circa 1855. of 1. Thus, for about twenty years, two "Black Ball lines" under separate ownership were operating in direct competition on the transatlantic packet trade. Hello Joyce, if you count on Google for that, good luck. I RECENTLY PURCHASED A Photo framed ,of a three masted ship under full sail ,main sails stacked four high The ladies' cabin was in the stern section (aft) as well as the captain's rooms, the gentlemen's rooms were amidships to the ship's sides. As the demand for passenger transport to Melbourne, Australia fueled by the 1850s gold rush grew,[5] Baines commissioned a famous American shipbuilder, Donald McKay to build four clippers for the line. McDonnell, the first and last master of James Baines was broken-hearted following the disastrous end of his fine ship. The Lightning set the all-time record for a single days sail, covering 436 nautical miles in 24 h. The Lightning and the James Baines (both launched in 1854. She made it in 108. Mr James Baines shipped the figurehead to the McKay shipyard, securely packed in a sturdy case. The ship burned down to the waterline. http://joartcountry.gallery.com The overall traffic by the Line from England and Scotland to Queensland is estimated at 40,000 new settlers.[10]. David. The clipper was one of the few known larger sailing ships rigged with a moonsail. all postcards are despatched within 1-3 days. The Great Clippers 1820-1870, history of the fastest tade ships ever built In 1858, Mackay established a separate office of the company in London. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}44S 106E / 44S 106E / -44; 106, Detailed description on www.bruzelius.info, Short ship history taken from Houghton Mifflin's "Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia", The "Blackball line" with house flag on www.fotw.us, The first "Blackball Line" of New York with house flag, House flag of "Jaimes Baines & Co. (Blackball Line)" with smaller "black ball" than that of the American Blackball line house flag, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Baines_(clipper)&oldid=1142545406, 2,515 tons (2,555 tonnes) at 29ft (8.8m) draught (1.000 tons ship mass + 1.455 tons cargo & passengers' mass), 21kn (39km/h) on 17 June 1856 at 44S, 106E; best 24-hour run: 342nmi (633km) in 1854, This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 01:01. An example: Send to your friends & family, or keep them for yourself - our 320gsm postcards make great little pieces of art, either on their own or combine many cards into a single display. We have learned about Captain Linnell recently but not much else. After this war, American clippers started to link with China and India, bearing some resemblance to the small and sharp-bowed British opium clippers in the 1830s. Black, white, brown, silver, gold or natural frames available, supplied ready to hang. [4], The company started with its 1851 purchase of the ship Marco Polo. [10], The line carried more passengers to Australia than any other line. Discounts on postcard packs of 4, 8 or 16. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Clipper ship. This was the autobahn of the seas. Her stern is ornamented with carved representations of the great globe itself, between the arms of Great Britain and the United States, surrounded with fancy work, has carved and gilded drops between the cabin windows and her name above all, the whole tastefully gilded and painted. The ship's hull was diagonally braced with iron, and square-fastened, and all the keelsons and waterways are scarphed and keyed. With a 7/1 ratio she often rolled badly in heavy weather so much so sailors nicknamed her the diving bell.