Some Figures
The book De clippers by Anno Teenstra (1946) contains a list of all ships under Dutch flag which were classified as clippers during the period 1850-1890. The total list enumerates 140 ships. Eighteen of those were built in foreign shipyards.
Of the 122 Dutch ships:
- 61 were built as full rigged ships
- 44 were built as barques
- 15 were built as brigs
- 2 were built as schooners
- 1 was built as a brigantine
In later years some of the full-rigged ships were re-rigged as other types. 21 were re-rigged as barques, and 1 barque was even re-rigged into a ship. One re-rigged barque was further reduced into a schooner.
Ten ships were built in iron, 6 were composite ships and 3 were built in steel. Three ships were built with auxiliary steam engines, but all three ships had the engines taken out after a few years.
Even today the Dutch have a clipper sailing - the full rigged ship Stad Amsterdam. Built in 2000 by Damen Shipyards, owned by Randstad Holding and the city of Amsterdam. They also built the Cisne Branco which was commissioned for Brazilian Navy in 2000.
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Clipper ships, designers & builders
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| American-built early clippers (in year order) |
- Anglona (1840)
- Ariel (1842)
- Houqua (1844)
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| American-built extreme clippers, 1845–1850 (in year order) |
- Rainbow (1845)
- Sea Witch (1846)
- Memnon (1848)
- Ticonderoga (1849)
- Game Cock (1850)
- Race Horse (barque) (1850)
- Sea Serpent (1850)
- Stag Hound (1850)
- Surprise (1850)
- Witchcraft (1850)
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| American-built extreme clippers, 1851–1855 |
- Blue Jacket (1854)
- Challenger (1853)
- Champion of the Seas (1854)
- Comet (1851)
- Emanuela (1854)
- HMS Enchantress (1854)
- Flying Cloud (1851)
- Golden West (1852)
- Great Republic (barque) (1853)
- Hornet (1851)
- Ino (1851)
- James Baines (1854)
- John Gilpin (1852)
- Lightning (1853)
- Manuela (1854)
- N.B. Palmer (1851)
- Nightingale (1851)
- Ocean Telegraph / Light Brigade (1854)
- Onward (1852)
- Red Jacket (1853)
- Sovereign of the Seas (1852)
- Sunny South (1854)
- Syren (1851)
- Sweepstakes (1853)
- Swordfish (1851)
- Westward Ho! (1852)
- White Swallow (1853)
- Witch of the Wave (1851)
- Young America (1853)
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| American-built medium clippers, 1851–1855 |
- Andrew Jackson (1855)
- Antelope of Boston (1851)
- Carrier Dove (1855)
- Carrier Pigeon (1852)
- Celestial Empire (1852)
- Flying Childers (1852)
- Ganges (1854)
- Golden Fleece (1855)
- Harriet Hoxie (1851)
- Herald of the Morning (1853)
- Kingfisher (1853)
- Lookout (1853)
- Mary Robinson (1854)
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| American-built clippers and medium clippers, 1856–1859 |
- King Philip (1856)
- Seminole (1865)
- Thatcher Magoun (1856)
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| American-built clippers and medium clippers, 1860s |
- Cremorne (1863)
- Shooting Star (1867)
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| British-built "Aberdeen" clippers, 1839–1858 |
- Challenger (1852)
- Lammermuir (1856)
- Lord of the Isles (1853)
- Mimosa (1853)
- Robin Hood (1856)
- Stornoway (1850)
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| British-built newer style clippers, 1859–1870 |
- Ariel (composite) (1865)
- Blackadder (iron) (1870)
- Cimba
- City of Adelaide (composite) (1864)
- Cutty Sark (composite) (1869)
- Fiery Cross (1860)
- Flying Spur (1860)
- Hallowe'en (iron) (1870)
- Lahloo (composite) (1867)
- Lammermuir (composite) (1864)
- Leander (composite) (1867)
- Lothair (composite) (1870)
- Norman Court (composite) (1869)
- Serica (1863)
- Sir Lancelot (composite) (1865)
- Taeping (composite) (1863)
- Taitsing (composite) (1865)
- Tayleur (iron) (1864)
- Thermopylae (composite) (1868)
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| Dutch-built clippers |
- California
- Kosmopoliet
- Stad Amsterdam
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| Canadian-built clippers |
- Marco Polo (1851)
- Stag (barque)
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| American designers and builders |
Curtis, James O.
- Curtis, Paul
- Curtis, Paul & Taylor
- Fernald & Pettigrew
- Griffiths, John Willis
- McKay, Donald
- Palmer, Nathaniel
- Pook, Samuel Hartt
- Webb, William H
- Westervelt, Jacob A.
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| British designers and builders |
- Linton, Hercules
- Lithgow, William
- Russell, John Scott
- Scott & Linton
- Pile, William
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| Surviving 19th Century clippers |
- City of Adelaide
- Cutty Sark
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Types of sailing vessels and rigs
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| Sailing rigs |
- Fore-and-aft rig (Bermuda rig • Gaff rig • Latin rig)
- Square rig
- Junk rig
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| by sail-plan |
- Catboat
- Sloop
- Cutter
- Ketch
- Yawl
- Schooner
- Snow
- Brigantine
- Brig
- Barquentine
- Jackass-barque
- Barque
- Full rigged ship
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| by hulls |
- Multihull (Catamaran • Trimaran)
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Naval & merchant
vessels
(by origin date) |
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Ancient
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- Boita
- Dhow
- Galley (Penteconter)
- Junk
- Uru
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Medieval
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- Balinger
- Birlinn
- Cog
- Dromon
- Hulk
- Knarr
- Koch
- Longship
- Shitik
- Treasure ship
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15th c.
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- Carrack
- Caravel
- Hoy
- Trabaccolo
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16th c.
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- Crommesteven
- Galiot
- Galleon
- Galleass
- Flyboat
- Fluyt
- Full rigged pinnace
- Lorcha
- Man-of-war
- Xebec
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17th c.
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- Bermuda sloop
- Corvette
- East Indiaman
- Frigate
- Polacca
- Ship of the line
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18th c.
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- Bilander
- Clipper (Baltimore Clipper)
- Gundalow
- Seventy-four
- Sloop-of-war
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19th c.
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- Blackwall Frigate
- Dutch clipper
- Windjammer
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| Fishing vessels |
- Barca-longa
- Falkuša
- Felucca
- Fifie
- Gableboat
- Herring buss
- Jangada
- Lugger
- Masula
- Nordland
- Sixareen
- Sgoth
- Smack
- Tartane
- Well smack
- Yoal
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| Recreational vessels |
- Dinghy
- Mast aft rig
- Pocket cruiser
- Sailing hydrofoil
- Trailer sailer
- Wharrams
- Windsurfer
- Yacht
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| Special terms |
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| Other |
- Fusta
- Mersey Flat
- Norfolk punt
- Norfolk wherry
- Patache
- Pausik
- Pink
- Pinnace (ship's boat)
- Pram
- Proa
- Scow
- Thames sailing barge
- Vinta
- Wherry
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