Witch of the Wave

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History
United States
Name	Witch of the Wave
Owner	Glidden & Williams, Hunt & Peabody, Boston, MA
Builder	George Raynes, Portsmouth, NH
Cost	$80,000
Launched	April 5, 1851
Fate	Sold to the Netherlands, 1855
Netherlands
Owner	Van Eighen & Co., 1871
Acquired	1855
Renamed	Electra
Fate	Listed in 1886 RAFS; not listed in 1887
General characteristics
Class and type	Extreme clipper
Tons burthen	1498 tons OM
Length	220 ft. LOA
Beam	40 ft.
Draft	21 ft.
Notes	Full-rigged ship, listed as barque in 1882 RAFS [1][2]

Witch of the Wave was a long-lived extreme clipper in the California trade, with a sailing life of over 34 years.^[1] In 1851, she sailed from Calcutta to Boston in 81 days, setting a record. It was renamed the Electra in 1871.^[2]