Dreadnought

  Designed by:
Currier & Townsend
  Length:
212'
  Built for:
Ogden, Morgan & Cutting
  Displacement:
1413 tons
  Built at:
Newburyport, MA
  Type:
Three-masted clipper
  Launch Date:
1853
  Cargo:
Corn, cotton, bacon

 


The Dreadnought was known as "The Wild Boat of the Atlantic". Launched in 1853, she was a clipper of the Red Cross Line which set many transatlantic speed records. She sailed in the Atlantic and China trade before going down rounding Cape Horn in 1869.

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