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Lightning (clipper)

1854 shipsAge of Sail merchant ships of the United StatesExtreme clippersFull-rigged shipsIndividual sailing vessels
Maritime incidents in October 1869Ships built in BostonShips designed by Donald McKayShipwrecks of Victoria (state)Troop ships of the United KingdomVictorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom
The Clipper Ship Lightning 1854 (1769 Tons Register). Messrs James Baines and Co Owners RMG PU6464
The Clipper Ship Lightning 1854 (1769 Tons Register). Messrs James Baines and Co Owners RMG PU6464

Lightning was a clipper ship, one of the last really large clippers to be built in the United States. She was built by Donald McKay for James Baines of the Black Ball Line, Liverpool, for the Australia trade.It has been said that Lightning was the most extreme example of a type of ship classified as an extreme clipper.Her builder was the famous Donald McKay of Boston, a follower of John Willis Griffiths and his principles of ship design. Lightning is a prime example of a change in thinking that turned builders away from shaping ships' hulls like cod's heads and mackerel tails. She had 16 feet (4.9 m) of concavity in her bows and a beautiful fine run, yet she also had a moderate deadrise and a good full midsection with tumblehome, allowing her to be fast yet stable, with good sail-carrying ability.

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