Gravina (clipper)

Gravina
History
Name	Gravina
Namesake	Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli
Owner	Loring Brothers
Builder	Isaac C. Smith & Son (Hoboken, NJ)
Launched	8 October 1853
Maiden voyage	14 November 1853
Homeport	Málaga, Spain
Fate	Unknown; last reported sighting 1866
General characteristics
Type	Clipper ship
Tonnage	818 register
Length	165 ft (50 m) 150 ft (46 m) keel 180 ft (55 m) overall
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) ?
Depth of hold	18 ft (5.5 m)
Decks	1 "& Beams"
Armament	2 deck guns

Gravina was an 818-register ton clipper ship built in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1853. A rare example of a clipper built in the United States for foreign owners, Gravina was originally homeported in Spain, though commanded by an American.

Gravina spent the early part of her career in China service, making at least two trips to Shanghai. She later roamed far and wide, making voyages to South America, Pacific destinations and Australia. Sold at Valparaiso, Chile, in 1860, the ship disappears from the documentary record after 1866.