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| Ship image = Blue Jacket Drawing.jpg
| Ship caption = 
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| Hide header = 
| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag|1854}}
| Ship name = 
| Ship owner = Seccomb & Taylor, [[Boston]] ; Sold to John Frost for his Fox Line of Australian packets later that year.
| Ship ordered = 
| Ship builder = Robert E. Jackson, [[East Boston]], MA
| Ship original cost = 
| Ship laid down = 
| Ship launched = August 7, 1854 or Aug. 27, 1854
| Ship acquired = 
| Ship commissioned = 
| Ship decommissioned = 
| Ship in service = 
| Ship out of service = 
| Ship renamed = 
| Ship struck = 
| Ship reinstated = 
| Ship honours = 
| Ship captured = 
| Ship fate = Caught fire and sank March 5, 1869
| Ship notes = 
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header = 
| Header caption = 
| Ship class = [[Medium clipper]]
| Ship tons burthen = 1790 tons
| Ship length = {{convert|220|ft|m|abbr=on}}. ; {{convert|235|ft|m|abbr=on}}. LOA
| Ship beam = {{convert|41|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}, or 41 ft. 6 in.
| Ship draft = {{convert|24|ft|m|abbr=on}}.
| Ship hold depth = 
| Ship propulsion = 
| Ship sail plan = 
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| Ship armament = 
| Ship notes = 2 decks <ref name = "bruzelius1" >
{{Cite web
  | last = Bruzelius
  | first = Lars
  | title = Clipper Ships: "Blue Jacket" (1854)
  | publisher = The Maritime History Virtual Archives
  | date = 1997-03-21
  | url = http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Blue_Jacket%281854%29.html
  | access-date = August 6, 2010}}
</ref><ref name = "Crothers">
{{Cite book
  | last = Crothers
  | first = William L.
  | title = The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850–1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details
  | publisher = International Marine
  | year = 1997
  | location = Camden, ME
  | pages = xvii
  | isbn = 0-07-014501-6}}
</ref>
}}
|}
The '''''Blue Jacket''''' was an 1854 [[medium clipper]] well known for the lavish decoration of its staterooms and saloon. She served in the Liverpool and Australia trades.<ref name="MacGregor 1993">{{cite book |last1=MacGregor |first1=David R |title=British and American Clippers: A Comparison of their Design, Construction and Performance |date=1993 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press Limited |location=London |isbn=0-85177-588-8}}</ref>{{rp|page=173}} The ship was named after the blue jackets, a traditional name for sailors in the US and British navies.

==Figurehead==
The figurehead was "a man from the waist up, in old sailor's costume, a blue jacket with yellow buttons, the jacket open in the front, no waistcoat, loose shirt, and a large knotted handkerchief round the neck."
 
==Construction==
''Blue Jacket'' had a sharp bow, and a full midship section designed for stowing a large cargo. Lubbock describes this fuller style of hull, which created an appearance of "strength and power" rather than "grace and beauty," as being characteristic of ships designed by [[Donald McKay]].<ref name = "lubbock">
{{Cite book  | last = Lubbock  | first = Basil  | title = The Colonial Clippers  | publisher = James Brown & Son  | edition = 2nd  | year = 1921  | location = Glasgow  | pages = 86–87  | oclc = 1750412  }}</ref>

The frame of ''Blue Jacket'' was [[white oak]], with planking and ceiling of hard pine. She was diagonally braced with iron, and square-fastened throughout.
The interior finish work was quite elegant, according to a contemporary description in the [[U.S. Nautical Magazine]]:
<blockquote>
Her cabins, of which she has two, are under a poop deck. The saloon is 40 feet long by 14 wide, painted white, and ornamented with papier maché gilt work; in the centre of each panel is a representation of flowers, fruit and game. This saloon contains 20 state-rooms, ventilated and finished in a superior manner; the furniture, carpets, and drapery in each, being different. Each room has a square window on its side, and deck lights above. The after, or ladies' cabin, is 30 feet long by 13 wide, and contains eight state-rooms and a bath-room. This cabin is a miniature palace. It is wainscoted with mahogany, the entablatures are of rosewood, and the pillars of satinwood. The panels are ornamented with flowers, surrounded by gilt scroll work.<ref name = "bruzelius2" >{{Cite web  | last = Bruzelius  | first = Lars  | title = The U.S. Nautical Magazine, Vol. I (1854-55), p 253.  | work = The Clipper Ship “Blue Jacket”, in the Liverpool and Australian trade  | publisher = The Maritime History Virtual Archives  | date = 1997-03-21  | url = http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Maritime_History/New_Ships/USNM-1%281854%29_p253.html| access-date = August 6, 2010}}</ref>
</blockquote>

==Voyages==
[[File:BLUE JACKET (Ship) (c112-01-07).jpg|thumb|upright|Sailing card for ''Blue Jacket'']]
The ''Blue Jacket'' was chartered by the [[White Star Line]] in 1854.<ref name = "Clark" >
{{Cite book  | last = Clark  | first = Arthur H.  | title = The Clipper Ship Era, An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews, 1843–1869  | publisher = G.P. Putnam’s Sons  | year = 1912  | location = Camden, ME  | pages = 270  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HVYuAAAAYAAJ&q=clipper+%22blue+jacket%22&pg=PA270  }}</ref>

*[[Boston]] to [[Liverpool]]
** 12 days, 10 hours, Captain Eldridge, 1854
*Liverpool to [[Melbourne]]
**68/69 days, Captain Underwood, 1855
*[[Chennai|Madras]] to [[London]]
**92 days, 1855
*[[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]], NZ to London
**63 days, Captain James White, 1863 <ref name = "bruzelius1" />
*[[San Francisco]] to [[Honolulu]]
**14 days, Capt. Dillingham, 1865–1866, to load [[whale oil]] for [[New Bedford]]<ref>{{Citation
 |last = Thrum
  | first = Thomas G
  | title = All about Hawaii. The recognized book of authentic information on Hawaii, combined with Thrum's Hawaiian annual and standard guide. Hawaiian annual for 1921. The reference book of information and statistics relating to the territory of Hawaii.
  | place = Honolulu, HI
  | publisher = Thos. G. Thrum
  | year = 1920
  | volume = 47th year
  | chapter = Famous American Clippers Visiting Honolulu
  | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4I8LAAAAIAAJ&q=famous+american+clippers+visiting+honolulu&pg=RA4-PA27
  | page = 36
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4I8LAAAAIAAJ&q=clipper+%22blue+jacket%22&pg=RA4-PA36
  }}
</ref>

==Loss of the ship==
''Blue Jacket'' left [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]], New Zealand,  with a general cargo that included [[Phormium|flax]]. On March 5, 1869, off the [[Falkland Islands]], the flax caught fire. Four days later, on March 9, the ship was abandoned. 

The passengers and crew of the burning vessel were divided into three boats, one cutter and two lifeboats. The three boats separated after two days. There is no record of the two lifeboats, but on March 16, the [[barque]] ''Pyrmont'' of [[Hamburg]] rescued the crew on board the cutter.<ref name="bruzelius1" /><ref name="Times220569">{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Burning of the Blue Jacket |date=22 May 1869 |page=11 |issue=26444 |column=B }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1869-05-25 |title=LOSS OF THE SHIP BLUE JACKET BY FIRE. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8859181 |access-date=2024-11-05 |work=Mercury}}</ref> There were nine survivors, who managed to guard £15,000 worth of gold from the ship.<ref name="annals">
{{Cite journal
  | last = Irving
  | first = Joseph
  | author-link = Joseph Irving 
  | title = March 1869
  | journal = The Annals of Our Time: A Diurnal of Events, Social and Political, Home and Foreign, from the Accession of Queen Victoria, June 20, 1837, to the Peace of Versailles, February 28, 1871. New Ed., Rev.
  | page = 863
  | publisher = Macmillan
  | location = London
  | year = 1880 
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4k0MAAAAYAAJ&q=clipper+%22blue+jacket%22&pg=PA863
  | access-date = August 6, 2010}}
</ref>

==Recovery of her figurehead==
After the loss of the ship, "the figurehead of the ''Blue Jacket'' was found washed up on the shore of the [[Rottnest Island]], off Fremantle, Western Australia".<ref name = "bruzelius1" />

The figurehead washed ashore 21 months later, roughly {{convert|6,000|mi|km}} from the location where ''Blue Jacket'' burned &nbsp;&ndash; {{coord|-53|-60|display=inline}}. The average speed of drift for the figurehead was calculated to be 6½ miles per day.<ref>
{{Cite journal
  | title = Zur Kenntnis" Der Meeresströmungen
  | journal = Das Archiv für Seewesen. Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete der Nautik, des Schiffbau- und Maschinenwesens, der Artillerie, Wasserbauten etc., sowie der Literatur und Bibliographie des Seewesens
  | volume = 8. Jahrgang
  | issue = Neue Folge. 2. Band
  | page = 297
  | publisher = C. Gerold's Sohn
  | location = Wien
  | year = 1872
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wDg8VIBffAYC&q=clipper%20%22blue%20jacket%22%20von&pg=PA297
  | access-date = August 9, 2010}}
</ref>

== See also ==

* [[List of clipper ships]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5036968 Painting of the American clipper ''Blue Jacket''], Henry Scott (British, 1911–2005)
*[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-clipper-bluejacket-172961 Painting of Blue Jacket] at National Maritime Museum, London
*[http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Maritime_History/New_Ships/USNM-1%281854%29_p253.html Description of ''Blue Jacket''], from the U.S. Nautical Magazine, 1854

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