Rainbow (clipper)
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Rainbow, launched in New York in 1845 to sail in the China trade for the firm Howland & Aspinwall, was a clipper, a type of sailing vessel designed to sacrifice cargo capacity for speed.
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Clipper Ship Rainbow | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Rainbow |
Owner | Howland & Aspinwall |
Builder | Smith & Dimon, New York |
Launched | 1845 |
Fate | Disappeared on or after 17 March 1848 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | clipper |
Tonnage | 757 tons OM |
Length | 159 ft 0 in (48.46 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)[1] |
Propulsion | Sails |
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