[1] The Zephyr was built by Samuel Hall, of East Boston, on the American pilot boat model.

[3] Captain Thomas M. Johnson, wrote to Forbes in 1843: " The Zephyr is now in the Taypa with loss of main boom, fore-gaff, and jib.

[2] During the Taiping Rebellion the opium clipper Eamont ran up to the threatened city of Ningbo, passing right through the Battle of Chinhae, which was being waged not only on the banks but in the river itself.

But in the smooth sheltered water of the river, and with a fresh whole sail breeze, the Zephyr more than a match for the more strongly built Cowes schooner.

The two vessels met this time in half a gale of wind with a heavy sea running, and the Eamont sailed right dead to windward of the Zephyr, and left her out of sight in twelve hours.