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.

1877 Acquired by Bullard King from Wright Bros of London

1880 Sold to Johannes Andersson and Alfred Theodor Stromberg of Gothenburg and renamed Gurli

Master

From

To

J Harris

1871

1880

Career Summary

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Sailing Rig

Cest of The Wave

1853

924

15990

William Pile Jnr

Sunderland

Fully rigged extreme clipper

Reduced to Barque rig before 1879

Crest of The Wave

LVNW

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