Category:Lightning (ship, 1854)
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Ship
[edit]- Type: Clipper
- Design by:
- Order date:
- Built by: Donald McKay, East Boston, MA, USA
- Yard No:
- Keel laid:
- Launch date: 03.01.1854
- Date of completion: 1854
- Length over all: 74 m
- LPP: 68.9 m
- Beam: 13.4 m
- Draught: 7.9 m
- GRT: 2084
- DWT:
- NET:
- Sail area:
- Main engine:
- Speed: kn
History
[edit]- 1854 Named: LIGHTNING for the Black Ball Line (James Baines & Co.), Liverpool.
- 30.11.1862 Struck a previous unrecorded submerged rock near Point Nepean at Port Phillips Head. At the time the Lightning had a cargo of 4372 bales of wool and 18.650 oz. of gold. The received damage to the forefoot and keel was quickly repaired.
- 1867 Sold to Thomas Harrison, Liverpool, but continued to sail for the Black Ball Line.
- 31.10.1869 Burned while loading wool at Geelong.
Media in category "Lightning (ship, 1854)"
The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total.
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1854 Lightning BostonClipper byPGiles ARTIC.png 800 × 578; 410 KB
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Emigrant fleet in Hobson's bay (Kent, Lightning, White Star, Malabar).tif 1,191 × 777; 979 KB
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Lightning (clipper, 1854) - SLV H99.220-652.jpg 3,200 × 2,345; 4.16 MB
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StateLibQld 1 117024 Lightning (ship).jpg 1,000 × 668; 121 KB
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StateLibQld 1 144767 Lightning (ship).jpg 1,000 × 490; 63 KB
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StateLibQld 1 150071 James Baines (ship).jpg 1,000 × 484; 73 KB
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StateLibQld 1 72343 Lightning (ship).jpg 1,000 × 686; 57 KB
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