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Clipper Ship "Sweepstakes" - Framed Print - 11"H x 14"W
Clipper Ship "Sweepstakes" - Framed Print - 11"H x 14"W
The Sweepstakes was an 1853 clipper ship in the California trade. She was known for a record passage from New York to Bombay, and for a race around the Horn with three other clippers.
Sweepstakes made a record passage from New York to Bombay in 1857, of 74 days, between May 9th and July 22nd.
The Sweepstakes was built at the height of the clipper ship boom, in 1853, when there was a high demand for quick transportation to the California Gold Rush. Sweepstakes was the last clipper ship built by the Westervelt shipyard.
Sweepstakes was one of eighteen ships which made passages between New York and San Francisco in less than 100 days.
Sweepstakes made its final voyage in 1862. The ship went aground on a reef in the Sunda Straits during this passage, and was damaged. The ship was sold for scrap on May 13, 1862, for 15,000 florins.
