Baltimore Clipper
![Replica of 1847](/Images/godic/202412/23/Bateaugoelette2501.jpg")
![Drawing for the Flying Fish class, modeled on an American vessel, sent to Bermudian builders by the Admiralty.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Flying_Fish_Baltimore_clipper2501.jpg")
![An original Baltimore Clipper. These were used as privateers during the War of 1812.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Clipper_Built_Privateer_Schooner2501.gif")
Baltimore Clipper is the colloquial name for fast sailing ships built on the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the United States of America, especially at the port of Baltimore, Maryland. The name is most commonly applied to two-masted schooners and brigantines.