griffeths

Updated: May 5, 2025

This vessel, the Rainbow, was designed by John W. Griffeths, a marine architect, who was a pioneer in that he studied shipbuilding as a science instead of working by rule-of-thumb. The Rainbow, which created a sensation while on the stocks because of her concave or hollowed lines forward, which defied all tradition and practice, was launched in 1845.

Ralph Delahaye Paine - The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors