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Dolphin ' s hull was inspected in 1768 after the ship had twice circumnavigated the world; there was significant corrosion of the hull's iron components, which had to be replaced. [5] In 1769 another attempt was made at coppering a ship's hull, this time on a new ship that had been constructed using bolts made from a copper alloy.
This process of plating ship bottoms, referred to as “sheathing” or “coppering”, helped increase the speed and lifespan of ships. Copper was desired for this process because it reacts with seawater to create an oxide coating that prevents the build-up of barnacles , weeds, and other detritus, in addition to physically stopping shipworms ...
John C. Munro was an iron full-rigged ship built in 1862 by James Laing, Sunderland. Dimensions: 169"2'×28'2"×18'5" and tonnage: 612 tons. [1] [2] She was launched on 8 November at the shipyard of James Laing in Sunderland, for George Lawson Munro & Company, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 45076 and was deployed in the China trade.
Taeping was the first ship built of composite construction in the yard of Robert Steele and Company. Composite construction, a metal framework with wooden planking, gave a stiffer hull that occupied less internal volume, but could still be sheathed with copper (to avoid marine fouling) as the timber electrically insulated the copper from the underlying iron structure – so preventing galvanic ...
The SS Schomberg was a clipper built in Aberdeen by Alexander Hall & Co. for "the Black Ball line" (which was a subsidiary of James Baines & Co., of Liverpool) for carrying large cargoes and steerage passengers, and to "outdo the Americans". [citation needed] When built, she was regarded as the most luxurious and well-built clipper of the period.
Cremorne was a clipper ship of Sutton and Co.'s Dispatch Line and Coleman's California Line. ... The hull was built by Maxson, Fish & Co. in Mystic, Connecticut. The ...
Departs: Balboa, Panama Arrives: Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica Feel the power of the wind under the traditional white sails of the Star Clipper tall ship on a seven-night yoga cruise docking at San ...
In hull form, Surprise was a medium clipper, with a prismatic coefficient of 0.82 (compared to Witch of the Wave: 0.66; Sea Witch: 0.64 - typical values for a "sharp" clipper). Nevertheless, she made some notably fast passages, setting a record, at the time, of 96 days and 15 hours on her first trip from New York to San Francisco.