Stornoway (clipper)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Stornoway
Owner:	Jardine Matheson
Builder:	Alexander Hall and Sons, Aberdeen
Launched:	1850
Fate:	Wrecked at the mouth of the Thames, 7 June 1873, on the Kentish Knock
General characteristics
Tonnage:	595 old measurement 527 new measurement[1]
Length:	157.8 ft (48.1 m)[1]
Beam:	28.8 ft (8.8 m)[1]
Draught:	17.8 ft (5.4 m)[1]
Depth:	17.8 ft (5.4 m)[1]
Sail plan:	fully rigged ship[1]

Stornoway was a British tea clipper built in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1850. She was owned by Jardine Matheson, and sold to Mackay & Co., London, in 1861. She is famous for her race with the clipper Chrysolite.^[2][3][4] She was wrecked at the mouth of the Thames, 7 June 1873, on the Kentish Knock

References

1. MacGregor, David R. (1983). The Tea Clippers, Their History and Development 1833-1875. Conway Maritime Press Limited. p. 53. ISBN 0 85177 256 0.
2. Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Aberdeen City Council. "Aberdeen Ships – STORNOWAY". Retrieved 2011-09-24.
3. "Sailing Ships: Stornoway (1850)". Retrieved 2011-09-24.
4. Lubbock, Basil (1921). The Colonial Clippers (2nd ed.). Glasgow: James Brown & Son. pp. ii. OCLC 1750412.

External links

• Oil painting of tea clipper Stornoway, by C.J. Guise