Houqua (clipper)

Houqua is a three-masted sailboat, clipper , created in 1844 at New York's shipyard Brown and Bell, which ushered in the era of tea clippers . Built almost simultaneously with the clipper “ Rainbow ” ( Russian: “Rainbow”).

In fact, the Hokua belonged to the marine class of ships - transatlantic packet boats , in which the bow was lower at the bottom of the waterline and slightly higher than the waterline: the collapse of the frames became larger, up to the width of the tank deck . This cross-sectional shape of the ship 's hull resembled a bell turned upside down, the fox-indigets were quite heavy, and the cheekbones were full.

The appearance of the vessel was - a classic, used for most clippers : copper sheathing of the bottom , black sides with thin gold stripes on velvet at the deck level and an ornament in the form of curls at the ends of the tank. To this - bulwarked handrails torn to a golden shine were added, stretching from bow to stern . According to some reports, black-and-white fake cannon ports inherited from the real cannon ports of ancient ships were drawn on the sides of the ship. The masts and the mast of the tree looked elegant, they were covered with transparent varnish, and the connection of the lower mast with the post was painted black from the place of attachment of the putnce cable to the ezelgoft . The noses of the rays had the same color.

The clipper deck was torn off almost white, that is, to - the natural color of the wood. The waterway bars bordering the deck were teak , while the rest of the deck was constructed of softer and lighter wood. The welded joints in the middle part of the vessel were painted black.

The bow of the ship was painted white, with a gold rim along the edge of the clothes. Unfortunately, more detailed information about the vessel has not been preserved. ^[one]