Notable Clipper-Ship Records
KNOTS PER HOUR: 22 knots, Sovereign of the Seas on a passage from London, England, to Sydney, Australia, 1854
DAY'S RUN (noon-noon): 465 miles, Champion of the Seas, December 12, 1854
FASTEST RUN, New York to San Francisco: 89 days, 4 hours, Andrew Jackson, December 1859 to March 1860
FASTEST RUN, San Francisco to New York, 76 days, 7 hours, Comet, December 1853 to March 1854
AROUND THE WORLD, Liverpool to Liverpool: 132 days, James Baines, 1854
Sustained Speed, 10 days running: 372.2 miles daily average, 15.5 knots average, Lightning, 1854