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[2]: 122–123 Though clippers raced with cargoes of tea for a few more years, the only commercial advantage was in the reputation as a fast ship, thereby securing a better rate of freight in the future. Whilst the outcome thrilled its followers, it was clear to some that the days of the tea clipper were numbered.
«Hound Dogs of the Ocean» [5] is the nickname in British Isles for clipper ships that delivered cargo from China in three to four months [6] In 1856, the War with China began. Since 1860, the British have not chartered American clippers. The clipper «Flying Cloud» was the last American ship to bring tea to London. Since 1859, when 11 ...
The first composite tea clipper built by Robert Steele, Taeping won the 1866 tea race by the closest margin over Ariel. First home in 1867, overtaking Serica who had left 2 days earlier. Wild Deer: 1863 United Kingdom (Glasgow) Wrecked in 1883 Unknown China tea clipper of 1016 tons, built in 1863 for the Albion Shipping Co.
Clipper ships were small ships used to deliver Tea along the trade route from China to England, which was a relentless speed race at the time. Tea clipper races were held from 1859 to 1872. [citation needed] The starting point of the ships with the new batch of tea on board began in Shanghai.
Then followed the vast clipper trade of tea, opium, spices, and other goods from the Far East to Europe, and the ships became known as "tea clippers". From 1839, larger American clipper ships started to be built beginning with Akbar, 650 tons OM, in 1839, and including the 1844-built Houqua, 581 tons OM. These larger vessels were built ...
Serica is Latin for "China"—the ship was built expressly for the China tea trade. Serica participated in the annual "tea races" to bring the new season's crop to London; she won in 1864. In 1865 she was the leading ship off Beachy Head, but failed to get a tug to take her on to London, so was beaten by 12 hours by Fiery Cross.
The Tea Clippers lined up awaiting their cargo. Pictured from Left to Right - The 'Black Prince', 'Fiery Cross', 'Taitsing', 'Taeping', and 'Flying Spur' Laden with just over a million pounds (453,600 kg) of tea, Taitsing, under the command of Captain Nutsford, raced nine other ships from China to England in The Great Tea Race of 1866.
Lammermuir was designed for the China tea trade. In 1866 she was almost wrecked in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean by two typhoons. Her Master was Captain M Bell, and she carried the famous Lammermuir Party of 18 missionaries and four children of the China Inland Mission outbound to China, arriving in Shanghai on 30 September 1866.