A Baltimore clipper is a fast sailing ship historically built on the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the United States, especially at the port of Baltimore, Maryland. An early form of clipper, the name is most …

Its speed made it valuable for use as a privateer, for conveying perishables, and in the slave trade, and its hull design gives it claim as an ancestor of the larger clipper ships of the 19th …

Besides the need for speed, a combination of geography, settlement patterns, and even weather contributed to the design of the Baltimore Clipper. The Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in …

The Baltimore Clipper has many distinct features which separate it from other Chesapeake Bay craft of the early nineteenth century. Though no two were ever built to the same dimensions or …

Baltimore clipper, small, fast sailing ship developed by Chesapeake Bay builders in the 18th century. It was a top-sail schooner, with steeply raked masts that were rigged with various …

The Baltimore Clipper appeared shortly after the Revolutionary War. The designers and architects of the Baltimore Clippers looked to countries whose maritime histories were full of conquest of …

The Pride of Baltimore, launched in 1977, was the first full-scale Baltimore clipper constructed in over 150 years, designed as a topsail schooner replicating the swift, raked-mast vessels of the …

In 1975, the City of Baltimore adopted a proposal for the construction of a replica sailing vessel as the centerpiece of its Inner Harbor revitalization efforts. An iconic Baltimore Clipper was …

Baltimore clippers were built to out-run more powerful British naval ships and often used in the role of a blockade-runner. Their gaf-rigged sails and sharp hull gave them a speed over bulk …

Sep 23, 2024 · Baltimore Clipper is the colloquial name for fast sailing ships built on the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the United States of America, especially at the port of Baltimore, Maryland.