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400 Sovereign 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, 341 Sparkling Wave, clipper ship, 300 Speed: Conditions and tests, 9- 10, 11, 39, 46, 71, 90, 134, 192, 198, 205, 243, 286, 294-5, 321, 336-7 Vessels built for, 57, 60 Speed of Brit, and Amer. frigates, 4, 8, 10; E. Indiamen, 30, 35; opi- um clippers, 59; Amer. clippers, 135-6, 153, 193, 278, 282 (highest rate) ; of Brit, tea clip- pers, 320-1, 324, 334, 335-6; of steamers, 221, 278, 309 Speed in knots, 71, 161, 169, 178, 220, 251, 276, 278, 281, 282, 328; average, 46, 180, 219-20, 245, 278, 338 Spicer, Capt., David Crock- ett, 356 Spindrift, Brit, clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 333, 335, 346, 371, 375 Spirit of the Age, Brit, clip- per ship, 208 Spirit of the Times, Cal. clipper ship, 359 Spitfire, Cal. clipper ship, 359 Splendid, packet ship, 48 Spofford & Tillotson, N. Y.- L'pool packet line, 42-3 Spooner, see Borrows Sprague & James, builders, Medford, 52, 58 Stadt Antwerpen, Belgian barque, 343 Staffordshire, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 193, 217, 342, 352; records, 214, 300, 366 Stag Hound, Cal. clipper ship, 136, 142-3, 151, 205, 211, 216, 237, 337, 341, 350, 375; records, 178, 195, 208, 298, 299, 365, 367 Star of Empire, packet ship, 270 Star of Peace, Brit, ship, Australian trade, 333 Starlight, Cal. clipper ship, 299, 361 Starr King, Cal. clipper ship, 255, 299, 362 Steele, Robt., & Son, build- ers, Greenock, 319, 320, 322, 324, 346, 347, 371, 372 Steers, Geo., designer and builder, 49, 250 Stephania, packet ship, 41 Stephen, Alex., builder, Glasgow, 322, 371 Stoddard, Capt., 349, 358 Stevens, Capt., Southern Cross, 352 Storm, Cal. clipper barque, 298, 355, 366 Storm King, Cal. clipper ship, 359 Stornoway, Brit, clipper ship, 198, 202, 205, 206- 7, 376 Strabo, ship, 52 Sultana, barque, 56 Sunny South, clipper ship, China trade, 250; slaver, 251 Supremacy, 339; American, 311, 314; British, 210