Red Jacket was a clipper ship, one of the largest and fastest ever built. [4] She was also the first ship of the White Star Line company. [dubious – discuss] She was named after Sagoyewatha, a famous Seneca Indian chief, called "Red Jacket" by settlers. [5]

Jul 16, 2010 · THE RED JACKET--- The Red Jacket, one of the finest clipper ships in the world, dropped her anchor in Hobson's Bay yesterday morning at an early hour. She passed through the Heads at eleven a. m. on Thursday last, without the assistance of a pilot, and was detained there for want of wind till the following

Sep 24, 2018 · RED JACKET -- The clipper ship Red Jacket has made the quickest run ever performed by a sailing vessel between New York and Liverpool. The trip was accomplished in twelve and a half days, and in two days the clipper made 376 and 384 miles.

The maiden voyage of the Red Jacket is one of the most famous in clipper ship annals. Captain Asa Eldridge, a Cape Cod skipper of world wide reputation, was in command and she left New York on January 11, 1854, bound for Liverpool.

"Red Jacket" ranks among the largest and fastest American clipper ships ever built. Designed with a 255-foot deck by Boston-based Samuel Hartt Pook for the owners Seacombe and Taylor, it was built by George Thomas in Rockland, Maine, who launched it in November 1853.

The outward voyage was on the Red Jacket, which left Liverpool on 22 Sep 1864, arriving Melbourne on 21 Dec 1864, so taking almost exactly 3 months. George was in the business of lace and wool, and he took samples around houses & businesses in Melbourne & Sydney.

A port-broadside view of the American, extreme clipper ship 'Red Jacket' in ice off Cape Horn in 1854. All sails are furled except the three topsails and the outer jib. In the foreground, penguins stand on the icebergs. In the background are two large glaciers of ice.

Red Jacket was a clipper ship, one of the largest and fastest ever built. She was also the first ship of the White Star Line company. She was named after Sagoyewatha, a famous Seneca Indian chief, called "Red Jacket" by settlers.

The American-built Red Jacket, named after a famous Seneca Indian chief, was constructed in 1853. The vessel, built during the golden age of clipper ships, carried both passengers and cargo and was designed for speed. Red Jacket is one of only 10 ships to sail more than 400 nautical miles in 24 hours.

Red Jacket: The Life and Times of a Maine Clipper Ship. Of more than 350 American Clipper Ships, Red Jacket, designed by Samuel Pook and built by Deacon George Thomas at Rockland, Maine, in 1853, was one of the fastest and most attractive of them all.