Romance of the Sea (clipper)

History
United States
NameRomance of the Sea (see note)[notes 1]
OwnerGeorge B. Upton
BuilderDonald McKay of East Boston, MA
LaunchedOctober 23, 1853
FateUnknown; sailed from Hong Kong December 31, 1862 and was not heard from again
General characteristics
Class and typeExtreme clipper
Tons burthen1782 tons
Length240 feet (73.2 m)
Beam36.5 feet (11.1 m)
Draft29.5 feet (9.0 m)
Sail planDouble topsails; fore and mizzen royals; main skysail[1]

Romance of the Sea was a clipper ship launched in 1853.[1][2][3][4] She was "the last extreme clipper ship built by Donald McKay for the California trade".[3] Her original figurehead was "a small female figure, intended to represent Romance, with the name of [Sir Walter] Scott on one side, and [James Fenimore] Cooper on the other - the greatest romancers of the century".[4] She lost that figurehead during a storm on her third voyage. Some time later it was replaced by "a full-length figure of an ancient navigator, with head bent forward and right hand raised to shade his eyes as he searched for the land beyond the horizon."[5]

In her nine year life, Romance of the Sea made six round-trip voyages from North Atlantic ports before being lost during her seventh voyage.

Her voyages

The Romance of the Sea's voyages are listed here. Sources disagree on some items; disagreements or ambiguities are individually cited. City names are as they were at the time.

Voyage Origin Depart Destination Arrive Days Captain
1 Boston December 16, 1853 San Francisco March 23, 1854 96 Philip Dumaresq
1 San Francisco March 31, 1854 Hong Kong May 16, 1854 45 Philip Dumaresq
1 Hong Kong May 9, 1854[3] Deal, England[1][3] or London[2] September 21, 1854[3] 102[3] or 103[1][2] Philip Dumaresq
2 Deal Hong Kong 99 William H. Henry
2 Shanghai November 1, 1855 Deal March 7, 1856 126 William H. Henry
2 Deal Boston August 15, 1856 William H. Henry
3 New York July 3, 1856 San Francisco October 24, 1856 113 William H. Henry
3 San Francisco November 17, 1856 Shanghai December 22, 1856 113 William H. Henry
3 Shanghai February 16, 1857 New York May 27, 1857 100 William H. Henry
4 New York July 3, 1857 Batavia, Dutch East Indies September 28, 1857 88 Eben Caldwell
4 See note[notes 2] Eben Caldwell (see note)[notes 3]
4 Shanghai March 20[1] or 21[2], 1859 New York June 22, 1859 94
5 New York August 11, 1859 Hong Kong December 6, 1859 109
5 Manila June 23, 1860 Boston October 10, 1860 109
6 Boston December 28, 1860 San Francisco April 13, 1861 105 Ashman J. Clough
6 San Francisco May 12, 1861 Queenstown, Ireland August 13, 1861 93 Ashman J. Clough
6 Liverpool September 29, 1861 Boston October 27, 1861 34 Ashman J. Clough
7 New York February 7, 1862 San Francisco May 24, 1862 106
7 San Francisco June 7, 1862 Hong Kong July 24, 1862 46
7 Hong Kong (see note)[notes 4] December 31, 1862 San Francisco Lost during voyage

Artifacts

Notes

  1. ^ A contemporary account (McLean) calls the ship Romance of the Sea, and that name is on the original half-hull model. However, since the early 1900s references have called the vessel Romance of the Seas.
  2. ^ Romance spent from late 1857 to early 1859 trading among Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Shanghai.
  3. ^ A privately-printed family history, Caldwells & Clipper Ships, states that Captain Caldwell fell ill at Hong Kong and left the ship there.
  4. ^ Between July and December 1862, Romance sailed to Bangkok and back; the exact dates are not known

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Howe, Octavius T.; Matthews, Frederick C. (1926). America Clipper Ships 1833-1858. Vol. II. Marine Research Society. pp. 530–535.
  2. ^ a b c d Cutler, Carl C. (1967). Greyhounds of the Sea. United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–287, 356, 371, 431.
  3. ^ a b c d e f McKay, Richard C. (1928). Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder Donald McKay. G.P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 249–254, 370, 376.
  4. ^ a b Duncan McLean (Lars Bruzelius, transcriber) (November 8, 1853). "The New Clipper Ship Romance of the Sea, of Boston". The Boston Daily Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Heatter, Basil (1969). Eighty Days to Hong Kong: The Story of the Clipper Ship. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 124. ISBN 978-0374319809.
  6. ^ "Half-hull working model: Romance of the Seas". Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  7. ^ Forbes, Allan; Eastman, Ralph M. (1948). Yankee Ship Sailing Cards. State Street Trust Company. p. 47.

See also

List of clipper ships

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