Eamont (schooner)

History
United Kingdom
NameEamont
OwnerDent & Co
BuilderWhite, Cowes
Launched1854
General characteristics
Tons burthen120 (bm
Length87 ft (26.5 m)
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail planSchooner

Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. It was the subject of books by Captain Lindsay Anderson including A cruise in an opium clipper (1891) and Among typhoons and pirate craft (1892).

Eamont was involved in the opening of Japan to foreigners in 1858, serving as a dispatch boat between Nagasaki and Shanghai, and was one of the first vessels to open up a trade with Formosa.

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