The Clipper Ship By: Sarah & Dillan
What is a clipper ship? A clipper ship is a fast-moving ship that carried goods and was used for trade. They were long narrow vessels with canvas sails. They were the worlds fastest ships from about 1843-1868.These ships went about 20 mph
Some short-term effect of the clipper ships:
- Tea from China would lose its flavor very quickly because the trip would take too long on ordinary ships. But about 1843, the clipper ships began to deliver goods much quicker.
- The Flying Cloud, launched in 1851, made the voyage from New York to San Fransisco in a record of 89 days. Back then they had to go all the way around South America if they want to get to the other side of the US.
- The Lightning set the record for covering 436 nautical miles in one days sailing. And the James Baines set the record of 12 days and 6 hours from Boston to Liverpool, England.
Long-term effects of the clipper ships:
- The clipper ships changed history because they shipped goods faster to give the people more time
- It changed the way people shipped trade and goods
- It taught designers how to build more efficient
Changes made To the ship over time
The first ships were originally made out of wood, and some iron.
Modern-Day Clipper Ship
- The sail is hoisted with an automatic rig
- Modern-day engine
- An analysis shown of fuel consumption
Biography:
The inventor’s name was Donald Mckay. He was born on September 4, 1810, in Jordan Falls, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on September 20, 1880, in Hamilton, MA. He grew up as a Canadian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships. In 1826 he moved to New York, where he was able to work for shipbuilders, Brown and Bell and Isaac Webb. His background relates to his later invention of the clipper ship, because of his background of building and designing ships.
Donald Mckay contributed to the Industrial Revolution, by designing a ship (The clipper ship) that could travel and deliver goods and resources faster. This contribution helped goods go from one country to another much faster than any other ships could. It also kept the tea that came from china fresh and full of flavor, because of the speed in delivery.
The problem was that the ships at that time on average could take 12-15 weeks to get from country to country. But now with the clipper ships it cut the time in half, once recorded it took a clipper ship 97 days to reach Hong Kong from London. This made it more efficient and easier to transport goods and items to people in need of them. (When tea from China would lose its flavor very quickly because the trip would take too long on ordinary ships. But about 1843, the clipper ships began to deliver goods much quicker.)
The clipper ship was the fastest ship in the world from about 1843-1868. They were long, narrow wooden vessels with lofty canvas sails. The reason for the name ‘clip’ means to run swiftly. Although these ships could not hold a lot because of their narrow design, they traveled much quicker, so the ships could collect more goods after completing their trip, which in all would make the trip faster.
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