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Records and other notable passages

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The following two tables list record-breaking and noted fast passages achieved by Hurricane, while the final table is a summary of the four New York–to–San Francisco voyages made by the ship.[a]

Captain Samuel Very Jr. was commander of Hurricane for all the voyages listed below, with the exception of the last New York–to–San Francisco voyage, which was captained by Ichabod Sherman.

All-time sailing ship records held by clipper ship Hurricane
From To Start End Days Hrs Dst[b]
Notes
Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn 11 Jun 1854 26 Jun 1854 15 17 3087 8.57 Passage through the tropics on the Atlantic side during New York to San Francisco voyage [2]
Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Cancer 04 Aug 1854 20 Aug 1854 15 22 3154 8.76 Passage through the tropics on the Pacific side during New York to San Francisco voyage [2]
Calcutta, India Cape of Good Hope 11 Jan 1856 16 Feb 1856 36 Record set from Calcutta to past the Cape during record Calcutta to Falmouth, England, voyage (see next entry). [3]
Calcutta, India Falmouth, England 11 Jan 1856 02 Apr 1857 79 79 sailing days [3]
Other fast times recorded by clipper ship Hurricane
From To Start End Days Hrs Dst[b]
Notes
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil San Francisco 17 Dec 1851 15 Apr 1852 66 "[O]nly once ... beaten and only twice equalled".[4] Set during maiden voyage from New York.[4]
Cape of Good Hope New York City 08 Apr 1853 18 May 1853 40 Ninth-fastest time on record.[5]
New York City San Francisco 26 May 1854 03 Sep 1854 100 12 16138 6.69 17,384 miles by log.[1] 99 days, 16 hours pilot to pilot; 100 days, 12 hours from anchor at New York City to San Francisco Bay Heads.[1] Best day's sailing, 288 miles at average speed of 12 knots (13.08 mph).[1][6]
Hong Kong Singapore 21 Nov 1854 27 Nov 1854 6 18 1496 9.23 Anchor to anchor. Second fastest time behind record of 6 days 12 hours set in 1850 by ship Christiana.[7]
San Francisco Honolulu 21 Sep 1854 30 Sep 1854 9 12 [8][9]
Portsmouth, England Sand Heads, Calcutta 12 Aug 1855 05 Nov 1855 84 12 [9]
The Needles, England Hooghly River mouth, Calcutta — Aug 1855 — Nov 1855 82 6 "[A] record ... not beaten or equalled for many years."[9] Set during fast voyage from Portsmouth, England[9] (see previous entry).
New York–to–San Francisco voyages made by clipper ship Hurricane
Start End Days Hrs Dst[b]
Notes
17 Dec 1851 15 Apr 1852 108 16138 6.22 Maiden voyage. 120 days overall, including 12 days in port after being dismasted off Rio de Janeiro. Voyage included near-record 66-day run from Rio to San Francisco.[10]
09 Aug 1853 12 Dec 1853 124 16138 5.42 Very slow 19-day rounding of Cape Horn due to repeated becalming.[10]
26 May 1854 04 Sep 1854 100 12 16138 6.69 Made record time through the tropics and came within striking distance of all-time New York to San Francisco record of 89 days, but slowed by adverse weather over final 1000 miles.[10]
08 Jan 1859 30 May 1859 142 16138 4.73 Adverse weather for much of the passage.[10]


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