Shooting Star (clipper)
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Shooting Star was an extreme clipper built in 1851 near Boston, in Medford, Massachusetts. She was the first "real clipper"[clarification needed] to be built in Medford, and sailed in the San Francisco, China, and Far East trades. According to Howe and Matthews, she was known as "one of the fastest of the small clippers".[2]
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United States | |
Name | Shooting Star |
Owner | Reed & Wade, Boston |
Builder | James. O. Curtis, Medford, MA |
Launched | 8 February 1851 |
Fate | Sold to a merchant from Bangkok, Thailand, 1862 Wrecked off the coast of Formosa, 1867 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Extreme clipper |
Tons burthen | 903 tons |
Length | 171 ft (52 m). LOA |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m)[1] |
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