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Comet (clipper): History, Ship history & Overview

Comet was an 1851 California clipper built by William H. Webb which sailed in the Australia trade and the tea trade. This extreme clipper was very fast. She had record passages on two different routes: New York City to San Francisco, and Liverpool to Hong Kong, and beat the famous clipper Flying Dutchman in an 1853 race around the Horn to San Francisco.

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Comet (clipper) topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Ship history and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Comet (clipper).

Related topics
23
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
25
Extracted relationships
17
Concept neighborhoods
11
Bridge connections
25

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 18 topics
Ship history · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
Bucklin & Crane, New York City · Black Ball Line
Acquired
1863
Beam
41 ft 4 in (12.60 m)
Builder
William H. Webb, New York
Class & type
Extreme clipper
Cost
£8,100

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Ship history

Advanced semantic analysis

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How Comet (clipper) connects Entity context

The extracted context around Comet (clipper) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Comet (clipper) → Sank, 12 May 1865, Sold to the United Kingdom, 1863 Another extracted example is Comet (clipper) → Black Ball Line, Bucklin & Crane, New York City. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Comet (clipper)

Top relations

Fate · 2
Comet (clipper) → Sank, 12 May 1865, Sold to the United Kingdom, 1863
Owner · 2
Comet (clipper) → Black Ball Line, Bucklin & Crane, New York City
Acquired · 1
Comet (clipper) → 1863
Beam · 1
Comet (clipper) → 41 ft 4 in (12.60 m)
Builder · 1
Comet (clipper) → William H. Webb, New York
Class & type · 1
Comet (clipper) → Extreme clipper
Cost · 1
Comet (clipper) → £8,100
Draft · 1
Comet (clipper) → 22 ft 2 in (6.76 m)
Launched · 1
Comet (clipper) → 10 July 1851
Length · 1
Comet (clipper) → 241 ft (73 m) LOA

Important terminology

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Important terminology

new york fiery star ship comet san francisco may clipper captain sailed liverpool days crew fire william dauntless 1853 record

Comet (clipper) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 17 structured relationships around Comet (clipper). Examples in this analysis include Comet (clipper) → Acquired → 1863 and Comet (clipper) → Beam → 41 ft 4 in (12.60 m). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Comet (clipper)Acquired18631.00infobox
Comet (clipper)Beam41 ft 4 in (12.60 m)1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)BuilderWilliam H. Webb, New York1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)Class & typeExtreme clipper1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)Cost£8,1001.00infobox
Comet (clipper)Draft22 ft 2 in (6.76 m)1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)FateSold to the United Kingdom, 18631.00infobox
Comet (clipper)FateSank, 12 May 18651.00infobox
Comet (clipper)Launched10 July 18511.00infobox
Comet (clipper)Length241 ft (73 m) LOA1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)NameComet1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)Notes2 decks1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)OperatorT. M. Mackay & Co., Liverpool1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)OwnerBucklin & Crane, New York City1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)OwnerBlack Ball Line1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)RenamedFiery Star [VNKF]1.00infobox
Comet (clipper)Tons burthen1836 tons OM, 1361 tons NM1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Comet (clipper) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Fiery, Star and Ball. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • new york city
    • New
    • York
    • Francisco
    • San
    • Journey
    • Days
    • Made
    • Record
    • Arriving
    • Time
    • Clipper
    • Comet
  • Comet (clipper)
    • Fiery
    • Star
    • Ball
    • Black
    • Line
    • William
    • Liverpool
    • Francisco
    • San
    • Ship
    • Record
    • Time
  • comet (clipper)
    • Fiery
    • Star
    • Ball
    • Black
    • Line
    • William
    • Liverpool
    • Francisco
    • San
    • Ship
    • Record
    • Time
  • extreme clipper
    • Liverpool
    • Francisco
    • San
    • Record
    • Time
    • Two
    • Comet
    • William
    • York
    • New
    • Days
    • Captain
  • ship history
    • Islands
    • Miles
    • Captain
    • Star
    • Boats
    • Passengers
    • Two
    • April
    • Dauntless
    • William
    • Crew
    • York
  • san francisco
    • San
    • York
    • New
    • Made
    • Journey
    • Arriving
    • Days
    • Record
    • Time
    • Two
    • Liverpool
  • wool
    • Cargo
    • Fire
    • Islands
    • Miles
    • Passengers
    • Two
    • April
    • Crew
    • Days
    • May
  • black ball line
    • Ball
    • Black
    • Line
    • Comet
    • Fiery
    • Star
    • Webb
    • Liverpool
    • Ship

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Comet (clipper), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Comet (clipper) with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Comet (clipper) — Overview · splits 7 ⟂ 19
Comet (clipper) — Ship history · splits 20 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Comet (clipper)

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples17
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Comet (clipper) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Ship history & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Comet (clipper) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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