The clipper ship era: an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews, 1843-1869Clark, Arthur H.
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The clipper ship era: an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews, 1843-1869
Clark, Arthur H.
Clipper ships -- Great Britain; Clipper ships -- United States
_Falcon_ 937 Wood Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1859
_Isle of the South_ 821 “ Laing & Co., Sunderland 1859
_Fiery Cross_ 888 “ Chalour & Co., Liverpool 1860
_Min_ 629 “ Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1861
_Kelso_ 556 “ Pile & Co., Sunderland 1861
_Belted Will_ 812 “ Feel & Co., Workington 1863
_Serica_ 708 “ Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1863
_Taeping_ 767 Composite Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1863
_Eliza Shaw_ 696 “ Alexander Stephen, Glasgow 1863
_Yang-tze_ 688 “ Alexander Hall, Aberdeen 1863
_Black Prince_ 750 “ Alexander Hall, Aberdeen 1863
_Ariel_ 853 “ Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1865
_Ada_ 686 “ Alexander Hall, Aberdeen 1865
_Sir Launcelot_ 886 “ Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1865
_Taitsing_ 815 “ Connell & Co., Glasgow 1865
_Titania_ 879 “ Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1866
_Spindrift_ 899 “ Connell & Co., Glasgow 1867
_Forward_ Ho 943 “ Alexander Stephen, Glasgow 1867
SHIP TONS CONSTRUCTION BUILDER YEAR
_Leander_ 883 Composite Lawrie & Co., Glasgow 1867
_Lahloo_ 779 “ Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1867
_Thermopylæ_ 947 “ Walter Hood, Aberdeen 1868
_Windhover_ 847 “ Connell & Co., Glasgow 1868
_Cutty Sark_ 921 “ Scott & Co., Dumbarton 1868
_Caliph_ 914 “ Alexander Hall, Aberdeen 1869
_Wylo_ 799 “ Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1869
_Kaisow_ 795 “ Robert Steele & Sons,
Greenock 1869
_Lothair_ 794 “ Walker & Son, London 1869
Appendix IV
RULES FOR TONNAGE MEASUREMENTS
The English system of measuring the tonnage of vessels in the eighteenth
century is given in Falconer’s _Marine Dictionary_, 1780, as follows:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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