Crest of the Wave

A fullrigged wooden extreme clipper ship built in 1853 by William Pile, Sunderland. Her dimensions were 184'3"×32'3"×20'1" and tonnage: 924 tons OM and 856 tons NM. 805 GRT, 759 NRT and 669 tons under deck. She had a 46 ft long forecastle and poop of 55 ft.

D.R. McGregor calculates her under deck coefficient to 0,56.

Rigged with three skysails but reduced to barque-rig before 1879.

1853: Launched at the shipyard of William Pile, Sunderland, for Brice, Friend & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the Official British No. 15990 and signal LVNW. Employed in the China tea trade.
1854: Sailed to Melbourne in 73 days,
1854 October 20 - February 17: Sailed from Shanghai to Liverpool in 120 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1857 May 25 - September 28: Sailed from Foochow to London in 126 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1858 April 17- August 13: Sailed from Whampoa to London in 118 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1859 June 16 - November 10: Sailed from Foochow to London in 147 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1860 August 20 - January 8: Sailed from Foochow to London in 141 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1862 December 29 - April 16: Sailed from Shanghai to Liverpool in 108 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1864 February 27 - June 19: Sailed from Hong Kong to Liverpool in 113 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain Ellis.
1865: LR 1865-66: In command of Captain Ellis.
1866: LR 1865-66: In command of Captain S. Saunders.
1867: Sold to Wright Bros, London.
1870 February 1 - May 24: Sailed from Yokohama to New York in 112 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain Crombie.
1870 September 9 - February 8: Sailed from Newcastle to Yokohama in 151 days.
1871: LR 1870-71: In command of Captain Crombie.
1871 November 21 - February 28: Sailed from Canton to London in 99 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Harris.
1872: LR 1872-73: In command of Captain J. Harris.
1877: Sold to Bullard, King & Co., London.
1879: LR 1879-80: In command of Captain J. Harris.
1880 December: Sold to Johannes Andersson and Alfred Theodor Str�mberg, G�teborg, and was renamed Gurli.
1881-1891: In command of Captain Alfred Theodor Str�mberg.
1887: Sold to Alfred Theodor Str�mberg, G�teborg.
1891 Maj: Sold in Swansea to T.G. Tarabochia, Trieste, and was renamed Tomaso T..
1892 September: Condemnd.

There is a lithograph of the Crest of the Wave by J.R. Isaac.

References:

Clipper ships, general references.

Updated 1999-07-16 by Lars Bruzelius

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