Stornoway (clipper)

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History
United Kingdom
Name: Stornoway
Owner: Jardine Matheson
Builder: Alexander Hall and Sons, Aberdeen
Launched: 1850
Fate: Wrecked at the mouth of the Thames, 7 June 1873, on the Kentish Knock
General characteristics
Tonnage:
  • 595 old measurement
  • 527 new measurement[1]
Length: 157.8 ft (48.1 m)[1]
Beam: 28.8 ft (8.8 m)[1]
Draught: 17.8 ft (5.4 m)[1]
Depth: 17.8 ft (5.4 m)[1]
Sail plan: fully rigged ship[1]

Stornoway was a British tea clipper built in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1850. She was owned by Jardine Matheson, and sold to Mackay & Co., London, in 1861. She is famous for her race with the clipper Chrysolite.[2][3][4] She was wrecked at the mouth of the Thames, 7 June 1873, on the Kentish Knock

References

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