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Challenger (1853 clipper)

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Clipper ship Challenger sailing card (C112-01-13).jpg
image_caption	Challenger
image_size	250px
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United States
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name	Challenger
owner	W. & F.H. Whittemore, Boston; later, Samuel G. Reed & Co.
builder	Robert E. Jackson, East Boston, MA
launched	1853
notes	Collided with Roswell Sprague in a gale at Bremerhaven, October 1861
section3	{{Infobox ship/career
hide_header	title
country	Peru
flag
owner	N. Larco, agent for the Peruvian Government
acquired	1863
renamed	Camille Cavour
fate	Abandoned off the coast of Mexico, October 1875, en route from Port Discovery to Peru, after damage during a gale. Camille Cavours wreck drifted ashore at Manzanillo.
notes	Coolie ship in the guano trade
section4	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class	Extreme clipper, designed by Samuel Hartt Pook
tons_burthen	1334 tons
length	206 ft
beam	38 ft
draft	23 ft{{Cite web
last	Bruzelius
first	Lars
title	Sailing Ships: "'Challenger'" (1853)
publisher	The Maritime History Virtual Archives
year	1998
url	http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Challenger%281853%29.html
accessdate	April 11, 2010}}
</ref><ref name	"cutler"
last	Cutler
first	Carl C.
title	Greyhounds of the sea; The story of the American clipper ship
publisher	Halcyon House
year	1930
location	New York
pages	425
oclc	610444

Challenger was an extreme clipper ship built in East Boston in 1853. She sailed in the San Francisco trade, and later in the guano trade in Peru.

Voyages

Between 1854 and 1863, Challenger made two voyages from Boston to San Francisco, in 112 and 134 days, and five voyages from New York to San Francisco, in 115 to 133 days. In 1861, she "collided with the ship Roswell Sprague in a gale in the roadstead of Bremerhaven".

Guano trade and shipwreck

In 1863, Challenger was sold to the Peruvian Government, and renamed Camille Cavour. She was "used in the transport of Chinese coolies to the guano islands".

In 1875, she was "damaged in a gale on voyage from Port Discovery to Peru and was abandoned off the coast of Mexico. The wreck drifted ashore at Manzanillo."

References

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