Ocean Telegraph

Ocean Telegraph by James E. Buttersworth, 1858
History
Name	1854: Ocean Telegraph 1863: Light Brigade
Namesake	1863: Light Brigade of the British Army
Owner	1854: Reed, Wade & Co 1863: James Baines & Co. 1865: JM Mackay 1869: Thomas M Mackay 1871: Taylor, Bethell & Roberts 1872: Arthur Bilbrough 1874: William Williams 1875: Achilles Wood Wright & Co 1876: Cork Harbour Docks & Warehouses Co 1878: Achilles Wood Wright & Co 1881: Sir John Arnott & Co 1884: James F Gibb 1884: MA Serfaty 1885: Yomtob Bergel 1902: The British Coal Co (Gibraltar)
Operator	1863: Black Ball Line
Port of registry	1854: Boston 1864: London 1875: Cork 1884: Gibraltar
Route	1854: New York – San Francisco 1863: London – Australia – New Zealand 1871: London – Queensland
Builder	James O. Curtis, Medford
Launched	March 29, 1854
Identification	UK official number 45775 UK code letters VFQN
Fate	Deleted from registers after 1923
General characteristics
Type	wooden-hulled clipper
Tonnage	1,244 Moorsom System 1874: 1,244 NRT, 1,272 GRT
Tons burthen	1,495 BM
Length	212.9 ft (64.9 m)
Beam	40.4 ft (12.3 m)
Depth	25.2 ft (7.7 m)
Sail plan	1854: full rig 1876: barque

Ocean Telegraph was a clipper ship that was built in Massachusetts in 1854 and was last known of in Gibraltar in 1923. She was in US ownership until 1863, when UK interests bought her and renamed her Light Brigade.

As Ocean Telegraph the ship sailed between New York and San Francisco. As Light Brigade she at first carried cargo and migrants between the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

For her first two decades she was a full-rigged ship. In 1876 Light Brigade was converted into a barque. From 1883 she was a coal hulk at Gibraltar to bunker steamships. She was still recorded as being registered in Gibraltar in 1923.