Lady Hayes
Books
- Fast Ships, Bad Trade Opium Clippers and the Making of the China War · Liszt Think
In 1829, the East India Company’s monopoly birthed a vessel designed to outrun monsoons and defy imperial law.
- The Captain’s LedgerThe partners looked at each other. The future was uncertain. But for Captain William Clifton, standing on the deck of the Lady Hayes in the South China Sea, the future had narrowed to a single imperative: survival. The typhoon had come down on them in the watch before mid…
- Sylph’s Challenge…eveloped a reputation for the audacity of her approaches—coming in close to the Chinese forts, trusting her speed to carry her through. The Lady Hayes, another of the early clippers, had perfected the technique of running without lights at night, invisible to the cruisers patrolling the es…
- The Lady Hayes’s Longest VoyageThe master of the Lady Hayes stood at the taffrail and counted the sails on the horizon. Three junks, riding the coastal current, their battened lugsails distinct again…