ArielJ.spurling "The Great Tea Race 1866, Foochow to London"

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33x26 ARIEL and TAEPING; The Great Tea Race 1866, Foochow to London;MARKS: From the painting by J. Spurling

The Great Tea Race of 1866 was an unofficial competition between the fastest clipper ships of the China tea trade to bring the season's first crop of tea to London in 1866. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: ARIEL VESSEL BUILT: 1865 VESSEL TYPE: CLIPPER SHIP SHIP BUILDER: ROBERT STEELE & CO. SHIPBUILDER LOCATION: GREENOCK, SCOTLAND SHIP OWNER: SHAW, MAXTON & CO. VESSEL HISTORY: Lost at sea in 1872. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: TAEPING VESSEL BUILT: 1863 VESSEL TYPE: CLIPPER SHIP VESSEL HISTORY: Vessel was built for Capt. Rodger in 1863. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: See Lubbock-Spurling, "Sail", Vol. I, page 81.

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