The result was that two ships were ordered to be built at Aberdeen, for during the last few years Messrs. Hall of that port had been building some fast schooners. The _Stornoway_ and _Chrysolite_ were thus launched, and have been called the first British tea-clippers, though they were less beamy and powerful than the American clippers. The first ship sailed out to Hong-Kong in 102 days, the _Chrysolite_ also went out during 1851 in the same time, and on her way home her best day’s run was 320 miles, and she even reached fourteen knots. She got to Liverpool in 103 days, after a very fine maiden voyage. Then came increased competition as the result of _Chrysolite’s_ achievement, for the American Navigation Club challenged the British shipbuilders to a race with cargo on board from England to China and back for £10,000 a side. This stake was even doubled, but the challenge was unfortunately never accepted by British shipowners until Richard Green in 1852 built the tea-clipper _Challenger_, which in that year went out to China, and after loading tea at Shanghai, fell in with the American clipper _Challenge_, three times the size of the British ship. From Anjer they raced home with their tea, and _Challenger_ beat the _Challenge_ into the dock in London by a couple of days. It is only fair to add that British naval architects had an opportunity of learning from American progress in a very direct manner. For _Oriental_ had been previously placed into the Blackwall dock and her lines taken off; and now _Challenge_ went in for the same purpose. Thus, the American clipper ships, with their original design, did have a very powerful effect on the future of British shipping.