&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Brisk_and_Emanuela.jpg) Capture of slave ship Emanuela by HMS Brisk
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Sunny South |
| Owner | Napier, Johnson & Co, New York City |
| Builder | George Steers and Co, Williamsburg, NY |
| Cost | $70,000 |
| Launched | Sept. 7, 1854 |
| Slave traders | |
| Acquired | Sold to Havana in 1859. |
| Renamed | Emanuela or Manuela |
| Captured | 10 August 1860, by HMS Brisk, with 846 slaves aboard |
| Fate | Condemned as a prize, sold to British Navy |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Enchantress |
| Fate | Wrecked in the Mozambique Channel, Feb. 20, 1861 |
| Notes | Used as store ship on African coast |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Extreme clipper |
| Tons burthen | 776 tons |
| Length | 154 ft., or 135 ft. 4 in. |
| Beam | 31 ft. 4 in., or 30 ft. 4 in. |
| Draft | 16 ft. 6 in., or 17 ft. 3 in.[1][2][3] |
13°02′53″S 45°11′42″E / 13.048°S 45.195°E
Sunny South, an extreme clipper, was the only full-sized sailing ship built by George Steers, and resembled his famous sailing yacht America, with long sharp entrance lines and a slightly concave bow. Initially, she sailed in the California and Brazil trades.[2] Sold in 1859 and renamed Emanuela (or Manuela),[1] she was considered to be the fastest slaver sailing out of Havana.[4] The British Royal Navy captured Emanuela off the coast of Africa in 1860 with over 800 slaves aboard.[5] The Royal Navy purchased her as a prize and converted her into a Royal Navy store ship, Enchantress.[1] She was wrecked in the Mozambique Channel in 1861.
- ^ a b c Bruzelius, Lars (22 March 1997). "Clipper Ships: Sunny South (1854)". Sunny South. The Maritime History Virtual Archives.
- ^ a b Howe, Octavius T; Matthews, Frederick C. (1927). American Clipper Ships 1833-1858. Volume 2, Malay-Young Mechanic. Salem, MA: Marine Research Society. pp. 638–640.
- ^ Crothers, William L. (1997). The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details. Camden, ME: International Marine. pp. xvii. ISBN 0-07-014501-6.
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