Stag Hound
Stag Hound was launched on December 7, 1850, in East Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by shipbuilder Donald McKay for the California trade, she was briefly the largest merchant ship in the world. She was in active service from 1851 until her total loss in 1861.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Stag Hound |
| Owner | George B. Upton, Sampson & Tappan, Boston |
| Builder | Donald McKay, East Boston |
| Launched | 7 December 1850 |
| Fate | Burned, 2 August 1861 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Extreme clipper |
| Tons burthen | 1534 tons OM, 1100 tons British measurement |
| Length | 226 ft. LOA |
| Beam | 39 ft. 8 in. |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft. |
| Sail plan | Nearly 11,000 square yards of canvas under full sail; foremast, mainmast, and mizzen. |
| Complement | 36 ABs, 6 ordinary seamen, and 4 boys on maiden voyage under Capt. Josiah Richardson, Feb. 1, 1851 |
Stag Hound was to be the only true extreme clipper built by Donald McKay. He built many other clippers for speed, but no other clipper hulls were to have the 40" dead rise from half floor that this ship was to have. Many of his other ships are loosely called 'extreme' clippers, but after Stag Hound McKay changed his hull design concept; his yard focused on flat-floored medium clippers masted and sparred for speed up to, and even equal to, an extreme clipper hull.
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