Maritime History

James Baines (clipper)

James Baines was a passenger clipper ship completely constructed of timber in the 1850s and launched on 25 July 1854 from the East Boston shipyard of the famous ship builder Donald McKay in the United States for the Black Ball Line of James Baines & Co., Liverpool. The clipper was one of the few known larger sailing ships rigged with a moonsail.

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See also

• ▸German submarine U-710
• ▸African art in Western collections
• ▸HMS Eagle (1679)

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