Clipper ship built 1851 Alfred Butcher, Cape Elizabeth, Maine for C R Green, New York.
Sailed China Tea Trade and also to Rio for coffee.
Raced from China against ROMANCE OF THE SEA, beating her by two days.
2nd March 1864, 59 days out from New York she put into Port Stanley after being damaged trying to round Cape Horn, having been driven ashore in the Straits of Lemaire, causing severe damage to her planks and rudder.
Surveyed and condemned.
Sold as a hulk and used for a time as part of pier for freighters carrying wood.
Her forward section still lies at head of Falkland Island Company's East Jetty.
Log Book.
Falkland Islands SG420.
Snowsquall
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Re: Snowsquall
Built as a wooden hulled clipper by Cornelius (or Alford) Butler at Cape Elizabeth Maine, for their own account.
Launched under the name SNOW SQUALL.
Tonnage 742 gross, dim. 47.9 x 9.8 x 5.6m.
Ship rigged.
1851 Completed.
She was bought before launching by Charles R. Green in New York for $30.410. Other sources give she was bought after her maiden voyage by Green, who owned her entire career, mostly outward bound with general cargo, and on the return voyage from China, tea or silks
Maiden voyage under command of Captain Bursley from Boston to Honolulu where she arrived after a passage of 135 days.
From there she sailed to China to load a cargo at Shanghai, and after sailing from this port she arrived after a passage of 97 days in New York.
25 February 1853 sailed for San Francisco around Cape Horn and after a passage of 155 days she arrived on 02 August 1853 there, a very long passage, it took her 60 days to round Cape Horn, being driven to 60 degree South, due to the weather she lost in this days all her iron work on bow, sprit, steering gear, etc.
From San Francisco she sailed for Shanghai in 46 days.
06 January 1854 she sailed from Shanghai loaded with tea, from Anjer on 18 January, and she arrived at London on 5 May after a passage 110 days. Due to a shortness of ships in China the freight was high £7 a ton.
From London she crossed the Atlantic, and from New York under command of Captain Geer she sailed on 21 February 1854 from New York, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 21 March her outward voyage from New York she made in 28 days, after loading her cargo of coffee, she arrived back at New York on 13 May after a passage of 34 days, her roundtrip took her only 79 days including loading, a record trip.
The same year she sailed from New York bound for Sydney, Australia, and arrived in this port after a passage of 85 days. On 22 February 1855 under command of Captain Geer and a crew of 22 men and 7 passengers. From Sydney she sailed to China, arriving back in New York after a passage of 78 days.
05 July 1856 sailed from New York bound for San Francisco. On 05 September 1856 she lost all her three topmast off the South American east coast during a pampero and had to make a call at Montevideo for repairs, which took 49 days.
When her repairs were completed, the Spanish brig CAIRO drifted across her bow and she was damaged again, which took an other 21 days to repair.
30 January 1857 arrived at San Francisco after a passage of 206 days from New York.
From San Francisco she sailed for Manila in 42 days, after loading there she sailed for New York in 111 days.
Her next two voyages during 1860 and 1861 were also from China.
1861 Sailed from New York to Melbourne, then trough to Penang, and after sailing from this port she was back in New York after a passage of 100 days.
Her next voyage was also via Melbourne to Penang and on her return voyage to New York she met the CSS TUSCALOOSA near Cape of Good Hope on 28 July 1863.
At that time the TUSCALOOSA was flying the American flag, but when she was near the SNOW SQUALL she lowered the flag and showed her true colours, and opened fire on the clipper.
Captain James S Dillingham hauled close to the wind and showed the TUSCALOOSE her heels; the TUSCALOOSE gave up her chase about four hours later.
15 September 1863 the SNOW SQUALL arrived at New York.
Her next and last voyage, she sailed out from New York on 02 January 1864 under command again of Captain Dillingham and a crew of 14 with a general cargo bound for San Francisco.
Became becalmed east of Cape Horn and drifting ashore in the Straits of Le Maire on 24 February, the grounding caused severe straining to some of her hull planks and damaged her rudder.
After she was refloated, but in badly leaking condition, she had to put back to the Falkland Islands for repair, where she arrived on 02 March 1864 in Port Stanley.
Repair was too expensive and she was condemned. Later was she incorporated in the Falkland Island Co. East jetty where still the remains can be found today.
Toward the end of 1982 weather and increasing activity around the place took a toll on her, and immediate action was necessary, after five years and four expeditions to the Falkland a 35-foot section of the bow was transported to Spring Port Museum in South Portland, and eventually to the Maine Maritime Museum in
Bath. Some other parts of the hull are in other United States museums.
Launched under the name SNOW SQUALL.
Tonnage 742 gross, dim. 47.9 x 9.8 x 5.6m.
Ship rigged.
1851 Completed.
She was bought before launching by Charles R. Green in New York for $30.410. Other sources give she was bought after her maiden voyage by Green, who owned her entire career, mostly outward bound with general cargo, and on the return voyage from China, tea or silks
Maiden voyage under command of Captain Bursley from Boston to Honolulu where she arrived after a passage of 135 days.
From there she sailed to China to load a cargo at Shanghai, and after sailing from this port she arrived after a passage of 97 days in New York.
25 February 1853 sailed for San Francisco around Cape Horn and after a passage of 155 days she arrived on 02 August 1853 there, a very long passage, it took her 60 days to round Cape Horn, being driven to 60 degree South, due to the weather she lost in this days all her iron work on bow, sprit, steering gear, etc.
From San Francisco she sailed for Shanghai in 46 days.
06 January 1854 she sailed from Shanghai loaded with tea, from Anjer on 18 January, and she arrived at London on 5 May after a passage 110 days. Due to a shortness of ships in China the freight was high £7 a ton.
From London she crossed the Atlantic, and from New York under command of Captain Geer she sailed on 21 February 1854 from New York, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 21 March her outward voyage from New York she made in 28 days, after loading her cargo of coffee, she arrived back at New York on 13 May after a passage of 34 days, her roundtrip took her only 79 days including loading, a record trip.
The same year she sailed from New York bound for Sydney, Australia, and arrived in this port after a passage of 85 days. On 22 February 1855 under command of Captain Geer and a crew of 22 men and 7 passengers. From Sydney she sailed to China, arriving back in New York after a passage of 78 days.
05 July 1856 sailed from New York bound for San Francisco. On 05 September 1856 she lost all her three topmast off the South American east coast during a pampero and had to make a call at Montevideo for repairs, which took 49 days.
When her repairs were completed, the Spanish brig CAIRO drifted across her bow and she was damaged again, which took an other 21 days to repair.
30 January 1857 arrived at San Francisco after a passage of 206 days from New York.
From San Francisco she sailed for Manila in 42 days, after loading there she sailed for New York in 111 days.
Her next two voyages during 1860 and 1861 were also from China.
1861 Sailed from New York to Melbourne, then trough to Penang, and after sailing from this port she was back in New York after a passage of 100 days.
Her next voyage was also via Melbourne to Penang and on her return voyage to New York she met the CSS TUSCALOOSA near Cape of Good Hope on 28 July 1863.
At that time the TUSCALOOSA was flying the American flag, but when she was near the SNOW SQUALL she lowered the flag and showed her true colours, and opened fire on the clipper.
Captain James S Dillingham hauled close to the wind and showed the TUSCALOOSE her heels; the TUSCALOOSE gave up her chase about four hours later.
15 September 1863 the SNOW SQUALL arrived at New York.
Her next and last voyage, she sailed out from New York on 02 January 1864 under command again of Captain Dillingham and a crew of 14 with a general cargo bound for San Francisco.
Became becalmed east of Cape Horn and drifting ashore in the Straits of Le Maire on 24 February, the grounding caused severe straining to some of her hull planks and damaged her rudder.
After she was refloated, but in badly leaking condition, she had to put back to the Falkland Islands for repair, where she arrived on 02 March 1864 in Port Stanley.
Repair was too expensive and she was condemned. Later was she incorporated in the Falkland Island Co. East jetty where still the remains can be found today.
Toward the end of 1982 weather and increasing activity around the place took a toll on her, and immediate action was necessary, after five years and four expeditions to the Falkland a 35-foot section of the bow was transported to Spring Port Museum in South Portland, and eventually to the Maine Maritime Museum in
Bath. Some other parts of the hull are in other United States museums.
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