She was built to a new model at the initiative of the American naval architect J.W. Griffiths, who is said to have based his design on the owner's previous ship- the 'Ann McKim'.
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Friday, December 2, 2011
The Rainbow!
The Rainbow ship built of wood in 1845 at the shipyard of Smith & Dimon, New York, for Howland & Aspinwall, New York. Dimensions: 159'x31'10"x18'4" and 757 tons in old measurement. She is known to be the first extreme clipper ship because she was the first clipper ship built based upon the ideas of John W. Griffiths with a design intended to sacrifice cargo capacity for speed. She was made in 1845.
She was built to a new model at the initiative of the American naval architect J.W. Griffiths, who is said to have based his design on the owner's previous ship- the 'Ann McKim'.
She was built to a new model at the initiative of the American naval architect J.W. Griffiths, who is said to have based his design on the owner's previous ship- the 'Ann McKim'.
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