Painting of Sea Wich

AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIP

SEA WITCH
Designed by John W. Griffiths
Built by Smith & Dimon, New York 1846

"While they were active the old captains had accomplished more, perhaps, for their nation than any similar number of men before or since, They found her the gibe and prey of every navy of Europe. They had made her for the moment the greatest and most efficient maritime power in the world."

Carl C. Cutler, Author Greyhounds of the Sea

 

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