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''Starlight'' was a Medium clipper built in 1854 in South Boston, Massachusetts which made nine passages from New York or Boston to San Francisco. The ship was known in its day for "making passages faster than average." ''Starlight'' is better remembered today as the subject of two paintings by artist Fitz Hugh Lane.〔 ''Starlight'' was described as having "spacious staterooms" and a figurehead resembling "the representation of an antediluvian bird of Paradise spliced into a mermaid."〔 〕 ==Voyages== ''Starlight'' sailed for the Glidden and Williams line in the California trade.〔 ''Starlights fastest voyages between New York and Boston to San Francisco were 117 and 118 days. The slowest voyage was 145 days. ''Starlight'' also served in the Asia and British trade, and carried horses from Adelaide, Australia, to Calcutta, India in 1862. In May 1862, ''Starlight'' left Calcutta bound for Boston. Sailing twelve hours later from Calcutta was the ship ''Belle of the West'', whose captain was a brother of Starlight's captain. Another member of Starlight's crew had a brother on the ''Belle of the West'' who was serving as chief mate. The two ships arrived in Boston within twelve hours of each other, having sighted each other three times en-route. Starlight's name was changed to ''R. Protolongo'' or ''Proto Longo'' in 1864 after she entered the coolie trade, transporting Chinese workers to work in the guano fields of Peru.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Starlight (clipper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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