Donald McKay
Donald McKay ( September 4, 1810 in Nova Scotia; † September 20, 1880 in Hamilton ( Massachusetts)) was a Canadian-American shipbuilders.
1827 McKay emigrated from Canada to New York. He first worked at Isaac Webb. 1841 McKay opened his first yard in Newburyport. In 1845 he moved his location to Boston.
The first clipper, which he built there was the Stag Hound from 1850. From McKay came some of the most famous clippers of their time, such as the Lightning, who held a world record with a daily distance of 436 nautical miles long and a speed of 21 knots reached and the James Baines, who orbited the world in a record time of 133 days and also with a journey time of twelve days and six hours, a record journey across the Atlantic from Boston to Liverpool was able to record. The Glory of the Seas from 1869 put the route New York - San Francisco in 1869 in a record time of 94 days back and the Great Republic was the largest clipper ever built.
After Donald McKay Donald McKay was named the.
The great age of the clipper was around 1855 to the end. From 1863 McKay also built ships with metal hulls, among other things, for the Navy. Among the warship was Nausett. However, McKay had no more financial success in this later period of his career.