Sovereign of the Seas, Cal.
clipper ship, 216-21, 235,
237, 281, 337, 344, 355;
speed, 220-1 ; records :
California, 213, 217, 299,
366; N. Y.-L'pool, 220-
1; Australia, 269-70
——No. 2, 258
——No. 3, 341
Sparkling Wave, clipper
ship, 300
Speed:
Conditions and tests, 9-
10, 11, 39, 46, 71, 90,
134, 192, 198, 205, 243,
286, 294-5, 321, 336-7
Vessels built for, 57,
60
Speed of Brit, and Amer.
frigates, 4, 8, 10; E.
Indiamen, 30, 35; opi-
um clippers, 59; Amer.
clippers, 135-6, 153,
193, 278, 282 (highest
rate) ; of Brit, tea clip-
pers, 320-1, 324, 334,
335-6; of steamers, 221,
278, 309
Speed in knots, 71, 161, 169,
178, 220, 251, 276, 278,
281, 282, 328; average,
46, 180, 219-20, 245, 278,
338
Spicer, Capt., David Crock-
ett, 356
Spindrift, Brit, clipper ship,
tea trade, 332, 333, 335,
346, 371, 375
Spirit of the Age, Brit, clip-
per ship, 208
Spirit of the Times, Cal.
clipper ship, 359
Spitfire, Cal. clipper ship,
359
Splendid, packet ship, 48
Spofford & Tillotson, N. Y.-
L'pool packet line, 42-3
Spooner, see Borrows
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Sprague & James, builders,
Medford, 52, 58
Stadt Antwerpen, Belgian
barque, 343
Staffordshire, Cal. clipper
ship, 152, 193, 217, 342,
352; records, 214, 300,
366
Stag Hound, Cal. clipper
ship, 136, 142-3, 151, 205,
211, 216, 237, 337, 341,
350, 375; records, 178,
195, 208, 298, 299, 365,
367
Star of Empire, packet
ship, 270
Star of Peace, Brit, ship,
Australian trade, 333
Starlight, Cal. clipper ship,
299, 361
Starr King, Cal. clipper
ship, 255, 299, 362
Steele, Robt., & Son, build-
ers, Greenock, 319, 320,
322, 324, 346, 347, 371,
372
Steers, Geo., designer and
builder, 49, 250
Stephania, packet ship, 41
Stephen, Alex., builder,
Glasgow, 322, 371
Stoddard, Capt., 349, 358
Stevens, Capt., Southern
Cross, 352
Storm, Cal. clipper barque,
298, 355, 366
Storm King, Cal. clipper
ship, 359
Stornoway, Brit, clipper
ship, 198, 202, 205, 206-
7, 376
Strabo, ship, 52
Sultana, barque, 56
Sunny South, clipper ship,
China trade, 250; slaver,
251
Supremacy, 339; American,
311, 314; British, 210
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