Herald of the Morning (clipper)
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File:HERALD OF THE MORNING Clipper ship sailing card.jpg
Herald of the Morning was one of the few clipper ships with a passage to San Francisco in less than 100 days.
Construction
Herald of the Morning was designed by Samuel Hartt Pook. 'Her lines were sharp, approaching those of an actual clipper, yet she could carry in dead weight close to 1600 tons."
{{Cite book
| last1 = Howe
| first1 = Octavius T
| last2 = Matthews
| first2 = Frederick C.
| title = American Clipper Ships 1833-1858. Volume 1, Adelaide-Lotus
| publisher = Dover Publications
| orig-year = Reprint of 1926-1927 ed.
| date = 1986
| location = New York
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/americanclippers0000howe/page/260 260]
| url = https://archive.org/details/americanclippers0000howe/page/260
| isbn = 978-0486251158
}}
The Mauritius Commercial Gazeteer described the bow of Herald of the Morning as "so sharp as to take the form of a razor, the keel forming the edge; there are no rails at the bow, which is quite unencumbered".
{{Cite web
| last = Bruzelius
| first = Lars
| title = Sailing Ships:"Herald of the Morning" (1853)
| work = Herald of the Morning
| publisher = The Maritime History Virtual Archives
| date = 2001-02-03
| url = http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Herald_of_the_Morning%281853%29.html
| access-date = June 1, 2010}}
{{Cite book
| last1 = Cutler
| first1 = Carl C.
| title = Greyhounds of the Sea
| publisher = United States Naval Institute
| year = 1960
| location = Annapolis, MD
| pages = 314–315, 428, 499
}}
An 1854 Boston Daily Atlas writer was impressed by the beauty of her accommodations, and described the ship's overall appearance thus: "Her stern is oval in outline, and is finely ornamented with gilded carved work. She is sheathed with yellow metal, and is painted black outside; inside she is white, and the waterways blue, and her rack rail is covered with yellow metal fore and aft."
{{Cite web
| last = Bruzelius
| first = Lars
| title = Newspaper Accounts: The New Clipper Ship "Herald of the Morning"
| work = The New Clipper Ship "Herald of the Morning"
| publisher = The Maritime History Virtual Archives
| year = 1999
| url = http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/News/BDA/BDA%281854-01-11%29a.html
| access-date = June 7, 2010}}
Named after ancient goddess
Voyages
Herald of the Morning had a reputation for speed. She made 18 passages around Cape Horn during the 20 years she was under the U.S. flag, and two homeward trips around the Cape of Good Hope.
Boston to San Francisco, Capt. Baker, 106 days, 1854
(Was within 180 mi. of the Golden Gate 100 days out)
New York to San Francisco, Capt. Lathrop, 130 days, 1857
Boston to San Francisco, Capt. Baker, arriving March 18, 1859, 116 days
Boston to San Francisco, Capt. Mitchell, arriving May 25, 1860, 108 days
{{Cite book
| last1 = Cutler
| first1 = Carl C.
| title = Greyhounds of the Sea
| publisher = United States Naval Institute
| year = 1960
| location = Annapolis, MD
| pages = 494, 513
}}
Record California passage in 1855
Herald of the Morning made the fastest passage of the year from New York City to San Francisco, arriving May 16, 1855
100 days, 6 hours, anchor to anchor
99 days, 12 hours, pilot to pilot
After this passage, she took a load of guano to Mauritius, arriving Dec. 7 1855, under Captain Otis Baker Jr.
Locomotive transport
Herald of the Morning left Boston on May 16, 1863, carrying Central Pacific locomotive No. 1 Gov. Stanford, and arrived in San Francisco on September 20, 1863, after a voyage of 117 days.{{Cite web| title=Vessels/Voyages That Delivered Locomotives to California and Oregon, 1850-1869, Listed in Order of Arrival| publisher=Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum| year=2002| url=http://cprr.org/Museum/RR_Shipped_by_Sea-Table.html#Table| access-date=June 12, 2010}}{{cite web| url=https://www.californiarailroad.museum/visit/exhibits| title=Exhibits - Central Pacific Railroad No. 1 Gov. Stanford| website=California State Railroad Museum| access-date=August 29, 2020}}
Struck by a sperm whale
Herald of the Morning was struck by a very large sperm whale off Cape Horn in 1859. The whale sustained severe injuries. “The ship lost part of her stem, and the pumps had to be kept going until her arrival at destination.”
Painting of the ship
- [http://www.unicover.com/EF4UH23T.HTM Herald of the Morning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081835/http://www.unicover.com/EF4UH23T.HTM |date=2011-07-16 }}, by Charles Lundgren
References
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External links
- [http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Shipbuilding/USNM-3%281855%29_p470.html Calculations of clipper ship Herald of the Morning]
- [http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/News/BDA/BDA%281854-01-11%29a.html Description in the Boston Daily Atlas], January 1854
- [http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Shipbuilding/USNM-3%281855%29_p407.html Description in the U.S. Nautical Magazine], by John W. Griffiths
- [http://www.eraoftheclipperships.com/page60.html Race to San Francisco with Flying Cloud], Era of the Clipper Ships
- [http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Ephemera/BSI_Rail_1863.html Central Pacific Railroad 56 lb./yd. rail that was shipped on Herald of the Morning], used between Sacramento City and Colfax, Placer Co., Cal.
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