James Baines (clipper)

James Baines
History
United Kingdom
Namesake	James Baines, ship owner
Owner	James Baines & Co.
Ordered	1853
Builder	Donald McKay, East Boston
Laid down	1854
Launched	25 July 1854
Christened	25 July 1854 by James Baines
Commissioned	12 September 1854
Out of service	22 April 1858
Homeport	Liverpool
Fate	Burned 22 April 1858 Rebuilt as a coal barge Final fate unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	full-rigged, three-masted sailing ship (clipper rigging) Passenger & Cargo Clipper ship
Tonnage	2,275 GRT
Displacement	2,515 tons (2,555 tonnes) at 29 ft (8.8 m) draught (1.000 tons ship mass + 1.455 tons cargo & passengers' mass)
Length	hull: 226 ft (69 m), 266 ft (81 m) (LOA)
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Draught	29 ft (8.8 m) loaded
Propulsion	Sails
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h) on 17 June 1856 at 44°S, 106°E; best 24-hour run: 342 nmi (633 km) in 1854
Boats & landing craft carried	6 lifeboats
Capacity	1,400 tons cargo + 700 passengers
Complement	100 crew

James Baines was a passenger clipper ship completely constructed of timber in the 1850s and launched on 25 July 1854 from the East Boston shipyard of the famous ship builder Donald McKay in the United States for the Black Ball Line of James Baines & Co., Liverpool. The clipper was one of the few known larger sailing ships rigged with a moonsail.