Sunny South (clipper)
Capture of slave ship Emanuela by HMS Brisk | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Sunny South |
| Owner | Napier, Johnson & Co, New York City |
| Builder | George Steers and Co, Williamsburg, NY |
| Cost | $70,000 |
| Launched | Sept. 7, 1854 |
| Slave traders | |
| Acquired | Sold to Havana in 1859. |
| Renamed | Emanuela or Manuela |
| Captured | 10 August 1860, by HMS Brisk, with 846 slaves aboard |
| Fate | Condemned as a prize, sold to British Navy |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Enchantress |
| Fate | Wrecked in the Mozambique Channel, Feb. 20, 1861 |
| Notes | Used as store ship on African coast |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Extreme clipper |
| Tons burthen | 776 tons |
| Length | 154 ft., or 135 ft. 4 in. |
| Beam | 31 ft. 4 in., or 30 ft. 4 in. |
| Draft | 16 ft. 6 in., or 17 ft. 3 in. |
13°02′53″S 45°11′42″E / 13.048°S 45.195°E
Sunny South, an extreme clipper, was the only full-sized sailing ship built by George Steers, and resembled his famous sailing yacht America, with long sharp entrance lines and a slightly concave bow. Initially, she sailed in the California and Brazil trades. Sold in 1859 and renamed Emanuela (or Manuela), she was considered to be the fastest slaver sailing out of Havana. The British Royal Navy captured Emanuela off the coast of Africa in 1860 with over 800 slaves aboard. The Royal Navy purchased her as a prize and converted her into a Royal Navy store ship, Enchantress. She was wrecked in the Mozambique Channel in 1861.