Helena (packet sailboat)
Spars & sails of Helena | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Helena |
| Owner | N. L. and G. Griswold |
| Builder | William H. Webb |
| Launched | 1841 |
| Fate | Lost at sea in 1857 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Packet |
| Tonnage | 598 OM |
| Length | 134 ft 6 in (41.00 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
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Helena was a China packet built by William H. Webb in 1841. Helena is often called a "pre-clipper" or "early clipper ship", type of the fast ships that were a precursor to the fast clippers that dominated the China trade routes for years to follow.