Challenger (1853 clipper)
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Challenger was an extreme clipper ship built in East Boston in 1853. She sailed in the San Francisco trade, and later in the guano trade in Peru.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Challenger |
Owner | W. & F.H. Whittemore, Boston; later, Samuel G. Reed & Co. |
Builder | Robert E. Jackson, East Boston, MA |
Launched | 1853 |
Notes | Collided with Roswell Sprague in a gale at Bremerhaven, October 1861 |
Peru | |
Owner | N. Larco, agent for the Peruvian Government |
Acquired | 1863 |
Renamed | Camille Cavour |
Fate | Abandoned off the coast of Mexico, October 1875, en route from Port Discovery to Peru, after damage during a gale. Camille Cavour's wreck drifted ashore at Manzanillo. |
Notes | Coolie ship in the guano trade |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Extreme clipper, designed by Samuel Hartt Pook |
Tons burthen | 1334 tons |
Length | 206 ft (63 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 4 in (11.68 m) |
Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m)[1][2] |
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