James Baines & Co. of Liverpool was the British shipping company, most famous for the Liverpool Black Ball Line of Australian Packets, a fleet of packet ships running cargo and passenger services between Liverpool, England, and Australia in the second half of the 1800s. Her maiden voyage in 12 days and six hours from 1224 September 1854 is still today an unbroken sailing ship record measured from East Boston (Boston Light) to Liverpool (Rock Light) - her homeport. //fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armement_Bordes, Why conserve the Cutty Sark? But in the 1860s extreme clippers left their place to medium clippers. The beautiful clipper was perhaps too finely made, fragile with a high rigging making her unstable and thus dangerous. Such ships were the Chasseur, Prince de Neufchatel and General Armstrong. 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. But fast clippers carrying precious goods rarely exceeded 20 years of service. However these ships on average rarely made more than 6-8 knots on the long run. 3, directed by James Gunn, starts with talking trash panda Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) quietly humming along to Radiohead's "Creep." //fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantiers_de_la_Loire Her bulwarks and houses are painted white and her waterways blue, and in this style she is also painted below.. I will update and expand it in 2021, no doubt, and add as many reference i can, pdf and sites on the topic. Its black hull was embellished with a fine golden band, and ended with an eagle with spread wings, also gilded. From 1859 a brand new British clipper appeared, in total contrast with the American ships. I am a Descendant of Captain Ebenezer Linnell, Commander of the Extreme Clipper Ship, The Eagle Wing. The champion became the Flying cloud, holding a record with 89 days. Ship builder Donald McKay laid all his skills and professional experience in the construction of this passenger carrying clipper ship, small faults that had been detected by him before in the sister ships were fixed during the building of James Baines. 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. Perhaps the last war action by a clipper was from the memorable Seeadler (1888), which proved that old school sailing privateers could be just as effective. We use a 240gsm fine art paper and premium branded inks to create the perfect reproduction. She made four 'round' voyages to Melbourne and back to Liverpool via the Indian Ocean. I have spent some time transcribing the diaries of my great grandfather who was the Steward on Eagle Wing under Captain Linnell The Australian City of Adelaide is the second and only surviving Clipper. In 1914, the numbers of sailing ships was still very impressive. 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. 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 clipper was in Portsmouth to load troops bound for India, having been chartered by the British Government to transport 1,000 men of the 97th Regiment. Best, She is frequently assimilated as the first clipper but appeared at a time ships were still bulky and was its own breed, but her influence cant be denied. If you find infos about this ship, could you publish some info here please ? Capt. The clipper was one of the few known larger sailing ships rigged with a moonsail. Hi! Australian clippers therefore were the last in use anywhere in world, up to the 1890s.