Flying Spur (clipper)
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| Name: | Flying Spur |
| Owner: | John Robertson & Co, London[1] |
| Builder: | Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen |
| Cost: | £13.787 |
| Launched: | 1860 |
| Out of service: | 1881 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on Martin Vas, North Rock, in the South Atlantic.[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Extreme clipper |
| Tons burthen: | 732 |
| Length: | 184 ft (56 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) |
| Draught: | 19 ft 4 in (5.89 m) |
Flying Spur was a British tea clipper, built of teak and greenheart in 1860.[2]
Voyages in the tea trade
For 20 years, Flying Spur sailed with cargoes of tea between London and the Chinese port of Foochow, with voyages to Canton, China; Nagasaki, Japan; and Deal, Kent, England, as well.[2] As a tea clipper, she had a crew of 36.[1]
Along with nine other ships, Flying Spur sailed from China to England in The Great Tea Race of 1866, but was not considered a contender, as she left on 6 June; the favourites had already departed on 30 May and 1 June.[3]
Flying Spur placed fourth in the Tea Race of 1867, with a time of 116 days, carrying 49,710 pounds of tea. First in the rae was Ariel, with a time of 102 days, carrying 1,283,000 pounds of tea.[1]
Loss
On 13 February 1881, Flying Spur "was wrecked on Martin Vas, North Rock, in the South Atlantic Ocean while carrying a cargo of coal and a crew of 18."[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Aberdeen City Council (2010). "Aberdeen Ships, Flying Spur". Aberdeen Built Ships. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- 1 2 3 Lars Bruzelius (2003-04-28). "Clipper Ships: "Flying Spur" (1860)". Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ↑ Lars Bruzelius (12 September 1866). "The Great Tea Race, 1866". The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
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