Lithograph of Sweepstakes by Fannier Palmer and published by Nathaniel Currier in 1853
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Sweepstakes |
Owner | Chambers & Heiser, New York |
Builder | Daniel and Aaron Westervelt, New York |
Launched | 1853 |
Fate | Ran aground on a reef in the Sunda Strait and damaged; sold for scrap on May 13, 1862 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Clipper |
Length | 216.4 ft (66.0 m) |
Beam | 41.6 ft (12.7 m) |
Draft | 6.2 ft (1.9 m)[1] |
Sweepstakes was an 1853 clipper ship in the California trade. She was known for a record passage from New York to Bombay, and for a race around the Horn with three other clippers.