Thermopylae (clipper)
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Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. Designed for the China tea trade, she set a speed record o
Thermopylae
Scale model of Thermopylae, Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Lines of Thermopylae
Ariel (clipper)
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Ariel was a clipper ship famous for making fast voyages between China and England in the late 1860s. She is most famous for almost winning The Great Tea Race of 1866, an unofficial race between Fuzhou
Thermopylae (clipper)
…lines. The coefficient of under deck tonnage was 0.58. This compares with, for instance, Cutty Sark at 0.55 (i.e. slightly sharper than Thermopylae) and Ariel at 0.60. Iron was used for the fore and main lower masts and, when built, the yards for these masts. Thermopylae was designed for the China tea trade…
Ariel and Taeping in The Great Tea Race of 1866
Taeping and Ariel in the Great Tea Race of 1866