Red Jacket

Red Jacket was a clipper ship, one of the largest and fastest ever built. She was also the first ship of the White Star Line company. She was named after Sagoyewatha, a famous Seneca Indian chief, called "Red Jacket" by settlers. She was designed by Samuel Hartt Pook, built by George Thomas in Rockland, Maine, and launched in 1853, the last ship to be launched from this yard. In 1872 Red Jacket became a lumber carrier from Quebec to London, joining the clippers Marco Polo and Donald McKay, which ended their days in the transatlantic Quebec timber trade. She collided with and sank the Eliza Walker in 1878. On 29 January 1878, she put in to Boston in a leaky condition, her crew refusing to proceed. In 1882, she dragged her anchors in a heavy gale whilst on a voyage from Lisbon to Casablanca and ran aground near Soria Kedima. The sale of her wreckage fetched just £113 and completely disappeared by 1907. - Wikipedia