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  • The Staffordshire was a sail ship built in 1851 by Donald McKay. The clipper packet ship was built in East Boston, Massachusetts. Staffordshire was 230...
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    extreme clipper, 1534 tons OM – first large clipper ship built by Donald McKay 1851 Flying Cloud, extreme clipper, 1782 tons OM 1851 Staffordshire, extreme...
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    Waterstones, Clipper and Amazon. The main venue for live theatre and other performing and visual arts is The Brewhouse, which is run by East Staffordshire Council...
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  • launches in 1851 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1851. Bruzelius, Lars (23 April 1999). "Clipper Ships: "Ino" (1851)". Ino. he...
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    1829 – January 18, 1904) was an American businessman who organized the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; he also organized...
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    when they were finally beaten by a modern racing yacht. 1851 Staffordshire 1817 tons Clipper ship. Wrecked off Cape Sable, December 29, 1853. Captain...
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    Chronicle, 5 February 1854, p7. Wrestling, New York Clipper, 4 March 1854, p1. England vs France, New York Clipper, 13 May 1876, p53. Devon Wrestling, Rundle,...
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  • the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2020. Nitshill 15 March 1851 Archived 30 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine scottishmining.co.uk, accessed...
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    expanded his father's maritime enterprise into a world-class collection of clipper ships known as the Black Horse Flag fleet. He also invested in railroads...
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    weather encountered at sea. The ship hull design was often based on the clipper ship design with extra bracing to support the loads and strains imposed...
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    wreck in the fog, taking 315 lives. Then in December, the American clipper Staffordshire was on the return leg of a stormy transatlantic crossing and ran...
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  • lives". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 2572. Liverpool. 17 January 1854. "Staffordshire". Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved 22 May 2019. "Ship News"...
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