Schooner
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A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its fore-and-aft rig on all of two or more masts and the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. The most common variants are gaff-rigged
Lewis R. French, a gaff-rigged schooner
Oosterschelde, a topsail schooner
Orianda, a staysail schooner, with Bermuda mainsail
Four-masted schooner, Margaret Todd
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.
Schooner
…of purposes. Its good ability to windward was valuable to privateers, pirates, blockade runners, slave ships, smaller naval craft, pilot boats, and opium clippers. Packet boats (built for the fast conveyance of passengers and goods) were often schooners. Fruit schooners were noted for their quick passages, taking…
Taeping, a tea clipper built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Company.
Clipper barque Spirit of the Age 1854 by T. G. Dutton
Sovereign of the Seas set the record for world's fastest sailing ship in 1854.
Hornet – an American clipper ship of the 1850s