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Great Republic
Launched on October 4, 1853 the ''Great Republic'' is noteworthy as the largest wooden clipper ship ever constructed.
==Construction==
Designed by naval architect and shipbuilder Donald McKay as a four-deck four-masted medium clipper barque, the ''Great Republic''—at 4,555 tons registry〔Most likely Gross Register Tonnage or GRT measurement〕—was intended to be the most profitable wooden sailing ship ever to ply the Australian gold rush and southern oceans merchant trade. The ship's launch was planned for September 4, 1853—builder Donald McKay's birthday—but it was postponed to October 4 due to problems with the timber supplies. The City of Boston made the launch a public holiday.〔J. Ernest Kerr, ''Imprint of the Maritimes'', 1959, Boston: Christopher Publishing, p. 135〕 Between 30,000 and 50,000 spectators attended, among them Ferdinand Laeisz of the Flying P-Line of Hamburg. The ship was christened by Captain Alden Gifford using a bottle of pure Cochituate water. The ship's name was drawn from the title of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. After outfitting, the ''Great Republic'' sailed in ballast from Boston to New York, where in December 1853 her first cargo was loaded.
''Great Republic'' required "1,500,000 feet of pine ... 2,056 tons of white oak, 336½ tons of iron, and 56 tons of copper" - about three times as much pine as was typically required for a large clipper ship.
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