“ARIEL”- tea clipper (1865 - 1872)

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“ARIEL”- tea clipper (1865 - 1872)

Post by Anatol » Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:09 pm

ARIEL (1865 - 1872), 886 tons register, length 197ft 4in, beam 33ft 7in, depth 21ft.
Of composite (iron frame planked) construction, built by Robert Steele, Greenock,
for Shaw, Maxton & Co. Designed and built for the tea trade, she was among the
leading ships in 1866 at the Pagoda anchorage. The first four leading ships away
were FIERY CROSS, ARIEL, TAEPING and SERICA. As described above, the race to London became a close contest at the end between TAEPING and ARIEL, who with SERICA, all reached the Thames on the same tide 99 days out. In 1867, ARIEL was not in time to load among the leading ships. Eleven ships had departed before she got away but she overhauled ten of them except the leader TAEPING. In 1868, there was a close finish with SPINDRIFT beating ARIEL, SIR LANCELOT and TAEPING. 1n 1869, SIR LANCELOT and THERMOPYLAE broke all records reaching the Thames 81 and 91 days out respectively. ARIEL took 104 days. In 1870, becaus of a broken topmast in a typhoon and repairs in Yokohama meant that she could not be at the Pagoda anchorage in time. She took instead a Japanese charter to New York. In January 1972, she left London for Sydney and was listed as missing and not heard of again.
The design stamp is made after painting of Jack Spurling.
For more details about “Ariel” see: Ариэль 1865
by John Sefton »Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:47 pm
Uganda 2020;(6x3,400)/-
Source: http://www.spurlingandrouxwatercolours.com/mptc.html
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