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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Memnon |
| Owner | Warren Delano II[1] |
| Builder | Smith & Dimon, New York City |
| Launched | 1848 |
| Fate | Lost in the Gaspar Strait, 1851 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clipper |
| Tons burthen | 1068 tons |
| Length | 170 ft. |
| Beam | 36 ft. |
| Draft | 21 ft.[2] |
| Sail plan | Barque |
The Memnon was the first clipper ship to arrive in San Francisco after the Gold Rush, and the only clipper to arrive in San Francisco before 1850. Built in 1848, she made record passages to San Francisco and to China, and sailed in the first clipper race around Cape Horn.
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Clark, Arthur H. (1910). The Clipper Ship Era, An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews, 1843-1869. Camden, ME: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. p. 79.
The clipper ship era: an epitome of famous American and British clipper.
- ^ Cutler, Carl C. (1960). Greyhounds of the Sea. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute. p. 399.