History | |
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United States | |
Name | Race Horse |
Owner | J.M. Forbes, I. Goddard & Co., Boston |
Builder | Samuel Hall, East Boston |
Launched | June 1850 |
Fate | Vanished early 1865 |
Notes | Designed by Samuel Hall; sometimes attributed to Samuel H. Pook |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 512[1]/530 tons |
Length | 128 ft. LOA |
Beam | 30 ft. 6 in. |
Draft | 16 ft. |
Notes | 1 deck and hold beams partially decked[2][3] |
Race Horse was an 1850 clipper barque. She set a record of 109 days from New York to San Francisco during the first Clipper Race around the Horn.