Taeping

History
The Great Tea Race of 1866 between the Taeping and the Ariel
United Kingdom
Builder:	Robert Steele & Co., Greenock
Launched:	1863
General characteristics
Class and type:	Clipper
Tonnage:	767 NRT
Length:	183'
Propulsion:	Sails

The Taeping was a clipper ship built in 1863 by Robert Steele of Greenock and owned by Captain Alexander Rodger of Cellardyke, Fife. Taeping participated in The Great Tea Race of 1866 and narrowly defeated the Ariel. The ship's captain was Donald MacKinnon (Dòmhnall ’ic Nèill ’ic Dhòmnaill Ruaidh) of Heanish, Isle of Tiree. Wrecked September 22, 1871 on Ladd's Reef in the China Sea.

Sailing performance

According to Basil Lubbock, the tea clippers Taeping, Fiery Cross, Serica and Lahloo performed at their best in light breezes, as they were all rigged with single topsails.^[1]

↑ Lubbock, Basil (1919). The China Clippers (4th ed.). Glasgow: James Brown & Son. p. 155.

Clipper ships, designers & builders

American-built early clippers (in year order)	Anglona (1840) Ariel (1842) Houqua (1844)

American-built extreme clippers, 1845–50 (in year order)	Rainbow (1845) Sea Witch (1846) Memnon (1848) Ticonderoga (1849) Game Cock (1850) Race Horse (barque) (1850) Sea Serpent (1850) Stag Hound (1850) Surprise (1850) Witchcraft (1850)

American-built extreme clippers, 1851–55	Blue Jacket (1854) Challenger (1853) Champion of the Seas (1854) Comet (1851) Flying Cloud (1851) Golden West (1852) Great Republic (barque) (1853) Hornet (1851) Ino (1851) James Baines (1854) John Gilpin (1852) Lightning (1853) N.B. Palmer (1851) Nightingale (1851) Ocean Telegraph / Light Brigade (1854) Onward (1852) Red Jacket (1853) Shooting Star (1851) Sovereign of the Seas (1852) Sunny South (1854) Syren (1851) Sweepstakes (1853) Swordfish (1851) Westward Ho! (1852) White Swallow (1853) Witch of the Wave (1851) Young America (1853)

American-built medium clippers, 1851–55	Andrew Jackson (1855) Antelope of Boston (1851) Carrier Dove (1855) Carrier Pigeon (1852) Celestial Empire (1852) Flying Childers (1852) Ganges (1854) Golden Fleece (1855) Harriet Hoxie (1851) Herald of the Morning (1853) Kingfisher (1853) Lookout (1853) Mary Robinson (1854) Starlight (1854)

American-built clippers and medium clippers, 1856–59	King Philip (1856) Seminole (1865) Thatcher Magoun (1856)

American-built clippers and medium clippers, 1860s	Cremorne (1863) Shooting Star (1867)

British-built "Aberdeen" clippers, 1839–58	Challenger (1852) Lammermuir (1856) Lord of the Isles (1853) Mimosa (1853) Robin Hood (1856) Stornoway (1850)

British-built newer style clippers, 1859–70	Ariel (composite) (1865) Blackadder (iron) (1870) Cimba City of Adelaide (composite) (1864) Cutty Sark (composite) (1869) Fiery Cross (1860) Flying Spur (1860) Hallowe'en (iron) (1870) Lahloo (composite) (1867) Lammermuir (composite) (1864) Leander (composite) (1867) Lothair (composite) (1870) Norman Court (composite) (1869) Serica (1863) Sir Lancelot (composite) (1865) Taeping (composite) (1863) Taitsing (composite) (1865) Tayleur (iron) (1864) Thermopylae (composite) (1868)

Dutch-built clippers	California Kosmopoliet Stad Amsterdam Cisne Branco Shabab Oman II

Canadian-built clippers	Marco Polo (1851) Stag (1854)

American designers and builders	Curtis, James O. Curtis, Paul Curtis, Paul & Taylor Fernald & Pettigrew Griffiths, John Willis McKay, Donald Palmer, Nathaniel Pook, Samuel Hartt Webb, William H Westervelt, Jacob A.

British designers and builders	Linton, Hercules Lithgow, William Russell, John Scott Scott & Linton Pile, William

Surviving 19th century clippers	City of Adelaide Cutty Sark

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