Lightning (clipper)
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Lightning was a clipper ship, one of the last really large clippers to be built in the United States. She was built by Donald McKay for James Baines of the Black Ball Line, Liverpool, for the Australi
"Clipper Ship Lightning"
Lightning on fire
Emigrant fleet (Kent, Lightning, White Star, Malabar) in Hobson's bay by D.O. Robertson
Clipper
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A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. The term was also retrospectively applied to the Baltimore clipper, which originated in the late 18th century.
Lightning (clipper)
…Lightning was a clipper ship, one of the last really large clippers to be built in the United States. She was built by Donald McKay for James Baines of the Black Ball Line, Liverpool…
Taeping, a tea clipper built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Company.
Clipper barque Spirit of the Age 1854 by T. G. Dutton
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