Kingfisher was an extreme clipper built in 1853 that sailed on the San Francisco route as well as to Hawaii on its way to China. It eventually sailed out of Uruguay. She was one of the longest lived clipper ships, with a sailing life of 36 years and 5 months. A sailing card advertised her.
Construction
She had a small deckhouse aft, and a larger deckhouse forward. The hull was black, with pearl colored bulwarks, and blue waterways on the upper deck. The hull sheathing was yellow metal. Kingfisher had deck structures and hatchway coamings of East India teak.
She had:
Life aboard In the early 1860s, Joe Taylor, a member of the Backus’ Minstrels troupe en route to Shanghai via Hawaii, described Kingfisher as follows:
Voyages Kingfisher arrived in Honolulu:
Fate In 1890 she was "sold at auction and broken up in Montevideo Bay".
References
External links Tully Crosby , commander of brig Old Colony, barque Arab, and ships Kingfisher, Monterey, Antelope of Boston and Charlotte. Heave Ahoy!, chantey about the Kingfisher Zera L. Tanner, served as first officer of the Kingfisher