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410:. Even after these changes, she retained the ability to make fast passages: in the 1877-78 tea season she achieved 94 days from Shanghai to New York. In 1874-75 she made two tea voyages, leaving Fuzhou on 18 July 1874 to arrive in London on 19 November 1874 - but on 6 May 1875 (well before the new tea crop was available) she left Shanghai for New York on a 106 day passage.
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was typical of all of Steele's ships, celebrated for their beauty of model, perfection of build, and superb finish. They were often said to have a "yacht-like" feel, with lines that please the eye and plenty of teak and mahogany used for woodwork both on deck and below. In the poem
406:. Her 100 tons of permanent ballast were removed in New York in 1871 to improve the cargo carrying capacity. In 1874 her masts and yards were shortened and the studding sails ceased to be used. The dating is uncertain, but either in 1874 or in 1877 the rig was reduced to
315:. She arrived in Hong Kong on 10 January 1869 and undertook a number of "intermediate" passages to Bangkok, Saigon and Yokohama (probably carrying rice), arriving in Fuzhou on 20 June. This made her late loading tea; 7 ships left Fuzhou before her, the first being
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in 1873/74. There are 3 passages of 85, 87, and 88 days from China to
Liverpool (a slightly shorter distance) - all during the north-east monsoon. The consensus view, taking into account the season and the distance, is that
240:, and was of composite construction: wooden planking on iron frames. She was planked with elm below the bilge and teak above that. She carried 100 tons of permanent iron ballast.
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at 91 days. In other years, there was one passage from Hong Kong to London made during the more favourable north-east monsoon, also of 89 days, by the
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In 1886 Sir
Lancelot was bought by the Parsee merchant Visram Ibrahim and C.W.Brebner took command. Captain Brebner survived four cyclones in
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had opened in 1869 and better freight rates for tea to London were now paid to steamers. Starting in July 1871
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got away on 3 July. Previously, a further 7 ships had already left other ports in China during June.
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at 2.00 pm on 13 October and docked on 14 October. This was a total passage time of 89 days.
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she is referred to as "Sir
Lancelot of a hundred famous fights with wind and wave".
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was lost in the Bay of Bengal on 1 October 1895 during a cyclone near Sand Heads,
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displayed. But it is clear that the two ships were very similar.
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because of his wife's sudden death. Under
Captain Edmonds,
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The Tea
Clippers, Their History and Development 1833–1875
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In the same "tea season", the closest time was that of
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1869 passage was the fastest from China to
England.
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704:List of people who sailed on clipper ships
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587:. Conway Maritime Press Limited.
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1784:Type 2630 training ship
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146:General characteristics
585:The Great Days of Sail
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998:Sovereign of the Seas
461:Model of Sir Lancelot
111:India-Mauritius trade
1107:Champion of the Seas
609:"Stornoway Gazette"
779:Antelope of Boston
535:The China Clippers
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1524:John R. Worcester
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1629:Thermopylae
1510:Golden Spur
1482:Flying Spur
1475:Fiery Cross
1387:Wild Hunter
1359:Sweepstakes
1352:Sunny South
1317:Santa Claus
1275:Ocean Chief
1205:Kosmopoliet
1191:King Philip
1121:Dreadnought
1086:Blue Jacket
1064:1853 - 1859
991:Snow Squall
977:Sea Serpent
935:Nightingale
928:N.B. Palmer
907:John Gilpin
879:Hippogriffe
865:Golden West
842:Flying Fish
771:1850 - 1852
761:Ticonderoga
365:Thermopylae
330:Thermopylae
286:Fiery Cross
1860:1865 ships
1819:Categories
1703:Hallowe'en
1675:Blackadder
1622:The Murray
1538:Lammermuir
1468:Cutty Sark
1454:Cornwallis
1426:Ambassador
1303:Robin Hood
1296:Red Jacket
1212:Lammermuir
1198:Kingfisher
1100:California
1054:Witchcraft
1005:Stag Hound
963:Race Horse
914:Marco Polo
814:Challenger
786:Bald Eagle
563:All Poetry
544:0851741096
467:References
396:Suez Canal
353:The Lizard
282:Workington
1643:Windhover
1489:Fusi Yama
1345:Starlight
1331:Schomberg
1268:Newcastle
1219:Lightning
1026:Swordfish
1012:Stornoway
970:Sea Nymph
893:Hurricane
849:Game Cock
807:Challenge
754:Sea Witch
533:(1946) .
422:Mauritius
392:Hong Kong
357:Gravesend
349:St Helena
199:Sail plan
167:886
155:Composite
1717:Loch Ard
1710:Hereward
1696:Florence
1689:Cromdale
1615:Taitsing
1580:Seminole
1461:Cremorne
1447:Coonatto
1324:Scawfell
1019:Surprise
445:Calcutta
426:Calcutta
404:New York
238:Greenock
130:Acquired
100:Acquired
70:Launched
64:Greenock
1794:Related
1745:Torrens
1731:Lothair
1636:Sobraon
1608:Taeping
1545:Leander
1366:Tayleur
1226:Lookout
1163:Gravina
747:Rainbow
726:Anglona
619:23 July
449:Red Sea
430:Rangoon
371:Lothair
324:Leander
227:clipper
164:Tonnage
158:clipper
56:Builder
37:History
1755:Modern
1738:Rodney
1657:Yatala
1587:Serica
1531:Lahloo
1496:Kaisow
1373:Tejuca
1289:Orient
1254:Mimosa
1142:Ganges
1128:Driver
956:Onward
886:Hornet
740:Memnon
733:Houqua
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568:31 May
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408:barque
313:London
225:was a
175:Length
124:Persia
1682:Cimba
1566:Osaka
1552:Miako
1433:Ariel
1418:1860s
1033:Syren
821:Comet
718:1840s
341:Anjer
318:Ariel
309:China
259:Ariel
250:Ariel
191:Depth
108:Notes
92:Owner
86:India
1650:Wylo
1338:Stag
621:2010
589:ISBN
570:2021
539:ISBN
511:ISBN
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311:and
183:Beam
141:1895
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103:1886
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