Raynes, Geo., builder, Portsmouth, N. H.,52-3,59,136,141,152,168,250,350,353Rebekah, clipper barque,366Record days’ runs,179,278;seeBest days’ runsRecord passages:transatlantic,221,247, 309 (steamer);California, westward,144,145-6,175,178,295,296-8,298-300(in sections);eastward,227;Pacific,195-6,218;China,74,329,336-7;Australian,281,287,333-4Red Gauntlet, Cal. clipper ship,233,306,359Red Jacket, clipper ship, Australian service,247,270-2,337,346Red Rover, Cal. clipper ship,216,355;records,253,283,368Reed, Capt. Saml.,Red Jacket,272Reindeer, ship,56Reporter, Cal. clipper ship,345,359,368Republic, packet ship,52Rescue, Boston wrecking steamer,275Resolute, clipper ship,291Resource, ship,16Rhinebeck,47Rhone, packet ship,41,44Richardson, Capt. Josiah,Stag Hound,144,178,350;Staffordshire,342,352Richie, Capt. A. A., Fairfield, Cal.,189Ringleader, Cal. clipper ship,359;records,284,290,297,299,367,368, (to Melbourne)—— later ship,340Robert C. Winthrop, Boston ship,255Robert Lowe, Brit. aux. steamer,331Roberts, Capt.,Storm,355Robin Hood, Cal. clipper ship,250,361;records,299,369Robinson, Capt. Richard, tea clippers,199,326,335Rockland, ship,345Rodger & Co., London, owner ofTaeping,330Rogers, S., Salem, owner,136—— Capt. Wm. C.,Witchcraft,140-1,350Romance of the Seas, Cal. clipper ship,232,233,302,345,359;records,248,249,296,297,367Roosevelt & Joyce, builders, N. Y.,209,232Ropes, Capt. John F.,John Gilpin,345Roscoe, packet ship,41,47Roscius, packet ship,40,43Rose, Brit. clipper schooner, opium trade,59Ross, Sir John, explorer,84Rousseau, Phila. ship, China trade,16Rowland, Capt.,Mary L. Sutton,364Royal Charter, Brit. iron aux. steamer,287Royal William, first vessel to cross Atlantic by steam power,313Rufus Choate, Boston ship,255Russell, Capt., packets,45—— & Co., China merchants,58,63,64,70,97,303Russell Sturgis, Boston ship,255SSt. Andrew, packet ship,46St. Clair, packet ship,52St. George, packet ship,54St. Lawrence, Brit. merchant frigate,36St. Michael, schooner,15St. Patrick, Boston ship,54Salamis, Brit. ship, Australian trade,333Salter, Capt. Chas. H.,Typhoon,161,189,352Samarang,346Sampson, ship,16Sampson & Tappan, Boston, owners ofNightingale,136,155,165,207,303,350,351,355Samuel Appleton, Boston ship,255,300Samuel Badger, ship,161Samuel Russell, clipper ship, China trade,70,77,84,85,142,162,337,341;records to S. Francisco,145,298,300,365,367Samuels, Capt. Samuel,Dreadnought,44,244,246-7San Francisco passages:Atlantic ports, 1849,101,145;1850,145-6;1851,174,175,178-81,181-5,189-94;1852,212-5,217-8,222;1853,224-8,233;1854,248-9;1855,253,254;1856,290,306-7;1857,293-4,295;General,69,233-4,365-9;long,193;Pacific ports,195,211,219San Francisco, clipper ship,367Sancho Panza, Cal. clipper ship,361Santa Barbara,86Sapphire, packet ship,51Saracen, Cal. clipper ship,361Saratoga, packet ship,43Sargent, Capt. Henry,Phantom,345Saunders, Capt. Thos. M., Salem, from cabin boy to captain,119-20Savannah, ship,47—— first sailing ship with auxl. engine to cross Atlantic, 1819,313Schomberg, Brit. clipper ship, built for Australian service,284-5Scott, John, & Co., builders, Greenock,208Scott & Co., builders, Dumbarton,372Sea Serpent, Cal. clipper ship,136,141,196,211,302,350;records,175,208,224,298,366Sea Witch, clipper ship, built for China trade,68,69,73,75-7,136,156,337,341;passages,68-9,189-92(race);records,145,174,208,214,296,297,298,299,300,365Seacomb & Taylor, owners, Boston,270Seaforth, Brit. ship, first vessel with steel spars and rigging,322-3Seaman, Cal. clipper ship, Baltimore,136,174,350;records,299,300,365Sears, Capt.,Robin Hood,361Seaver, Hon. Benj., Boston,225Seminole, ship,369Serica, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,320,346,371;races,324,325-30Severn, ship,16Shackfords, captains and builders, Portsmouth, N. H.,52Shakespeare, packet ship,40,43,48Shand, Brit. ship,344Shaw, Maxton, & Co., owners, London,319-20Sheathing, copper,61,285,320,322;yellow metal,237Sheer,18,237,320Sheffield, Capt. J. P.,Hersilia,77-80Shelburne, N. S.,53,217Sheridan, packet ship,40,45,48Shoof, Capt.,Black Hawk,361Shooting Star, Cal. clipper ship,152,173,193,337,343,352;records,214,222,298,299,366Shuter, Thos. A., owner, London,34Siddons, packet ship,40,43,48,84Sierra Nevada, Cal. clipper ship,250,283,361;records,295,296,369Silas Richards, packet ship,40Silsbee, Capt.,Syren,352Silvia de Grasse, packet ship,41,47Simmons, Capt.,War Hawk,363Simonson, Capt.,Daring,362Simoon, Cal. clipper ship,355Sir George Seymour, Brit. ship,36Sir Launcelot, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,324,332-3,335-6,346,371Sir Robert Peel, packet ship,48Sirius, Brit. steamer,313Sirocco, clipper ship,298,299Skiddy, Francis,43—— Capt. William,43Skylark, Cal. clipper ship,299,359Smith, Adam,Wealth of Nations,92—— James, & Son, owners, N. Y.,106—— Stephen, builder,47—— T. & W., builders, Newcastle, Eng.,35,36—— & Co., builders Hoboken, N. J.,152,351—— & Co., builders, St. John, N. B.,266—— & Dimon, builders, N. Y.,45,47,65,68,70,135,349—— Capt.,355,362Smyrna, brig, first Amer. vessel in Black Sea,15Snapdragon, Cal. clipper barque,232,299,359Sneeden & Whitlock, builders, Greenpoint, L. I., rebuiltGreat Republic,242Snow & Burgess, owners,304Snow Squall, Cal. clipper ship,284,352Somes, Jos., owner, London,34,35,36Sophia Branilla-Falcon,347South America, packet ship,43South Carolina, ship, first to leave S. Francisco in 1849,101Southampton, packet ship,46Southern Cross, Cal. clipper ship,152,195,352Sovereign, packet ship,40Sovereign of the Seas, Cal. clipper ship,216-21,235,237,281,337,344,355;speed,220-1;records: California,213,217,299,366;N. Y.-L’pool,220-1;Australia,269-70—— No.2,258—— No.3,341Sparkling Wave, clipper ship,300Speed:Conditions and tests,9-10,11,39,46,71,90,134,192,198,205,243,286,294-5,321,336-7Vessels built for,57,60Speed of Brit. and Amer. frigates,4,8,10;E. Indiamen,30,35;opium clippers,59;Amer. clippers,135-6,153,193,278, 282 (highest rate);of Brit. tea clippers,320-1,324,334,335-6;of steamers,221,278,309Speed in knots,71,161,169,178,220,251,276,278,281,282,328;average,46,180,219-20,245,278,338Spicer, Capt.,David Crockett,356Spindrift, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,332,333,335,346,371,375Spirit of the Age, Brit. clipper ship,208Spirit of the Times, Cal. clipper ship,359Spitfire, Cal. clipper ship,359Splendid, packet ship,48Spofford & Tillotson, N. Y.-L’pool packet line,42-3Spooner,seeBorrowsSprague & James, builders, Medford,52,58Stadt Antwerpen, Belgian barque,343Staffordshire, Cal. clipper ship,152,193,217,342,352;records,214,300,366Stag Hound, Cal. clipper ship,136,142-3,151,205,211,216,237,337,341,350,375;records,178,195,208,298,299,365,367Star of Empire, packet ship,270Star of Peace, Brit. ship, Australian trade,333Starlight, Cal. clipper ship,299,361Starr King, Cal. clipper ship,255,299,362Steele, Robt., & Son, builders, Greenock,319,320,322,324,346,347,371,372Steers, Geo., designer and builder,49,250Stephania, packet ship,41Stephen, Alex., builder, Glasgow,322,371Stoddard, Capt.,349,358Stevens, Capt.,Southern Cross,352Storm, Cal. clipper barque,298,355,366Storm King, Cal. clipper ship,359Stornoway, Brit. clipper ship,198,202,205,206-7,376Strabo, ship,52Sultana, barque,56Sunny South, clipper ship, China trade,250;slaver,251Supremacy,339;American,311,314;British,210Surprise, Cal. clipper ship,135,136-8,174-5,196,202,205,207-8,271,337,341,350;records,175,195,206,208,296,297,298,299,365Susannah, Brit. E. Indiaman,32Sutton & Co., N. Y., owners,106,303Sweepstakes, Cal. clipper ship,232,233,301,345,359;records,289-90,296,297,298,299,368;log,290Sword Fish, Cal. clipper ship,84,152,153,159,193,206,306,337,352;