Anglona (clipper)

History
United States
NameAnglona
OwnerR.B. Forbes, Russell & Co.
BuilderBrown & Bell, New York
Launched1840
General characteristics
Class and typeOpium clipper
Tons burthen90 or 92 tons
Sail planSchooner[1][2]

The schooner Anglona was the first American opium clipper.[1] She sailed in the Chinese coastal trade in the 1840s, and had a famous race with the schooner Ariel around Lintin Island.

  1. ^ a b Lubbock, Basil (1919). The China Clippers (4th ed.). Glasgow: James Brown & Son. p. 23.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference lubbockopiumclippers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).