Syren (clipper)
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For other ships with the same name, see Syren (ship).
Syren was the longest lived of all the clipper ships, with a sailing life of 68 years 7 months.[1] She sailed in the San Francisco trade, in the Far East, and transported whaling products from Hawaii and the Arctic to New Bedford.
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Syren | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Syren |
Owner | Silsbee, Pickman and associates, Salem, MA |
Builder | John Taylor, Medford, MA |
Launched | May 1, 1851 |
Acquired | Joseph Hunnewell, Boston, late 1850s. Sold to Charles Brewer, Honolulu a few years later. Last 8 or 9 years of US career, William H. Besse, New Bedford. |
Fate | Put into Rio de Janeiro, leaking badly, June 25, 1888 Condemned and sold to Argentina |
Argentina | |
Name | Margarida |
Owner | J. Hurley, Buenos Aires |
Reinstated | Repaired and re-rigged as barque. |
Fate | Last registered in Lloyds in 1920 Fate unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Medium clipper |
Tons burthen | 1064 tons |
Length | 189 ft. LOA |
Beam | 36 ft. |
Draft | 22 ft. |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship, re-rigged as barque |
Notes | 2 decks[1][2] |
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