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The Nonpareil was a medium clipper
ship built in 1853 by Dunham & Co., Frankfort, ME, USA, with George
DUNHAM as master builder. Dimensions 220 x 41'6" x 22'5" and
tonnage 1431 tons, old measurement and 1097 tons, British
measurement.
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Nov
1853
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Launched
at the shipyard of Dunham & Co., Frankfort, ME, for their own
account.
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Jan
1854
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Sent
to Boston to be sold to Summers & Swift.
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1
Mar 1854
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Sold
to Thomas Richardson & Co., New York & Philadelphia, for
$76.000. Captain Edward DUNN was given command of the vessel.
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27
Mar 1855 to
12
April 1855
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Sailed
from Philadelphia to Liverpool in 16 days. Chartered to French
Government to carry troops and stores to Crimea.
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Sep
1855
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Arrived
to Toulon in tow of a French steam frigate after having been run down by
a French steamer while at anchor off Seraglio Point, Constantinople. She
had lost the bowsprit, cut-water, figurehead and also received other
damage.
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10
Dec 1855 to
9
Feb 1856
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Sailed
from Liverpool to Philadelphia in 61 days after a difficult passage
during which she lost two suits of sails. Captain FOULKE replaced
Captain DUNN who had been taken ill. Employed as a Philadelphia -
Liverpool packet ship until 1858.
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12
Dec 1858 to
7
April 1859
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Sailed
from New York to San Francisco in 115 days under command of Captain B.G.
GREEN. The Cape Horn had been passed 59 days out.
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2
Oct 1859 to
7
Feb1860
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Sailed
from Shanghai to New York in 128 days or 87 days from Anjer. Spoke the Pampero
on October 2 in the Straits of Gasper on voyage from Shanghai to New
York. The latter arrived to New York nine days ahead of the Nonpareil.
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17
Apr 1860 to
24
Aug 1860
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Sailed
from New York to San Francisco in 129 days.
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7
Oct 1860 to
21
Jan
1861
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Sailed
from San Francisco to Falmouth f.o. in 106 days.
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20
Jun 1861 to
22
Oct 1861
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Sailed
from New York to San Francisco in 124 days.
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29
Dec 1861 to
16
May 1862
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Sailed
from San Francisco to Falmouth f.o. in 138 days.
Transcript
from The Times Monday 12 May 1862: Plymouth, Sunday...the ship Nonpareil,
120 days from California for Falmouth.
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11
May 1863
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Sailed
from New York for Shanghai. It has been reported that she then sailed
from Shanghai to Liverpool in 84 days.
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26
May 1865 to
17
Jul 1865
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Sailed
from Hong Kong to San Francisco in a light-wind passage of 52 days.
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c1865
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Sold
to the Globe Navigation Co., Liverpool, together with the Sanspareil
at the death of Thomas RICHARDSON. Captain Edward Worrall SMITH was
given command of the ship.
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8
Nov 1865 to
16
Feb 1866
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Sailed
from San Francisco to Falmouth f.o. in 100 days.
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1869
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Sold
to W.S. LISHMAN, Newcastle.
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27
Jun 1871
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Sailed
from Bombay for New York under command of Captain JOHNSON.
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11
Oct 1871
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Foundered
at sea with only three survivors out of a crew of 22 and three
passengers. The survivors were picked up by the schooner Delmont
and taken to Martinique.
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source:
http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/ships/Clippers/Nonpareil(1853).html
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This page last updated 09 September 2006
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