Tag: Leslie A. Wilcox

Mischief was an extreme clipper ship built in 1853 by James M. Hood, at Somerset, MA. Dimensions 144’/146’×29’×16’6″ and tonnage 548 tons/560,69 tons; reported to have had the sharpest ends of any clipper at the time. Mischief was employed in the California/China trade. In command of Captain Martin Townsend. Mischief was damaged off Cape Horn and…