Category:Lightning (ship, 1854)

Lightning 

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Instance of	clipper
Location	Victoria, AUS
Manufacturer	Donald McKay
Location of creation	Boston
Country of registry	Australia
38° 08′ 24″ S, 144° 22′ 07″ E
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Ship[edit]

• Type: Clipper
• Design by:
• Order date:
• Built by: Donald McKay, East Boston, MA, USA
• Yard No:
• Keel laid:
• Launch date: 03.01.1854
• Date of completion: 1854
• Length over all: 74 m
• LPP: 68.9 m
• Beam: 13.4 m
• Draught: 7.9 m
• GRT: 2084
• DWT:
• NET:
• Sail area:
• Main engine:
• Speed: kn

History[edit]

• 1854 Named: LIGHTNING for the Black Ball Line (James Baines & Co.), Liverpool.
• 30.11.1862 Struck a previous unrecorded submerged rock near Point Nepean at Port Phillips Head. At the time the Lightning had a cargo of 4372 bales of wool and 18.650 oz. of gold. The received damage to the forefoot and keel was quickly repaired.
• 1867 Sold to Thomas Harrison, Liverpool, but continued to sail for the Black Ball Line.
• 31.10.1869 Burned while loading wool at Geelong.