re: #271 austin_blue

That son- (daughter?) of- a-bitch looks fast and mean.

Privateer?

First of the great clippers.

Later in the 1850s, Sea Witch physically deteriorated and her place in the fast-freight trade was taken over by newer vessels. The aging clipper ship was reassigned to serve as a steerage vessel carrying immigrants to the Western Hemisphere. In 1856, with approximately 500 immigrants from China on board, she ran aground 12 miles (19 km) west of Havana.[9]

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