Tea Clippers

A selection of the most famous British tea clippers.

• 1850 Stornoway, 527 tons [NM], Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen.
• 1851 Chrysolite, 440 tons [NM], Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen.
• 1852 Challenger, 699 tons, Richard Green, Blackwell.
• 1853 Cairngorm, 939 tons [NM], Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen.
• 1853 Crest of the Wave, 924 tons, William Pile, Sunderland.
• 1853 Lord of the Isles, 770 tons, Robert Scott & Co., Greenock.
• 1853 Northfleet, 952 tons [NM], William Picher, Northfleet.
• 1855 Fiery Cross, 686 tons [NM], Rennie, Johnson & Rankin, Liverpool.
• 1855 Friar Tuck, 662 tons, Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen.
• 1855 Kate Carnie, 576 tons, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1856 Lammermuir, 952 tons, William Pile, Sunderland.
• 1856 Robin Hood, 852 tons, Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen.
• 1858 Ellen Rodger, 585 tons, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1859 Falcon, 794 tons, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1860 Chaa-sze, 556 tons, Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen.
• 1860 Flying Spur, 732 tons, Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen.
• 1860 Fiery Cross, 695 tons, Chaloner, Liverpool.
• 1861 Kelso, 556 tons, William Pile, Sunderland.
• 1861 Min, 629 NRT, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1862 John Lidgett, 770 tons, Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow.
• 1862 Whiteadder, 915 tons, Bilbe & Co., Rotherhite.
• 1863 Belted Will, 812 tons, J.T. Fell, Workington.
• 1863 Black Prince, 750 tons, Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen.
• 1863 Eliza Shaw, 696 tons, Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow.
• 1863 Serica, 708 NRT, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1863 Taeping, 767 NRT, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1863 Yang-tsze, 688 NRT, Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen.
• 1864 Lammermuir, 1054 tons, W. Pile & Co., West Hartlepool.
• 1865 Ariel, 853 NRT, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1865 Fusi Yama, 556 NRT, Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow.
• 1865 John R. Worcester, 844 NRT. Marine Investment Co. Ltd. (Patterson), Port Glasgow.
• 1865 Maitland, 799 tons, William Pile, Sunderland.
• 1865 Sir Lancelot, 886 NRT, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1865 Taitsing, 815 NRT, Charles Connell & Co., Glasgow.
• 1866 Cleta, 520 NRT, James Gardner, Sunderland.
• 1866 Titania, 879 NRT, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1867 Forward Ho!, 943 tons, Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow.
• 1867 Lahloo, 799 tons, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1867 Leander, 833 tons, Lawrie, Glasgow.
• 1867 Spindrift, 892 tons, Charles Connell, Glasgow.
• 1868 Kaisow, 795 tons, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1868 Omba, 836 NRT, Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow.
• 1868 Thermopylae, 948 tons net, Walter Hood & Co., Aberdeen.
• 1869 Cutty Sark, 921 tons net, Scott & Linton, Dumbarton.
• 1869 Miako, 516 NRT, William Pile, Sunderland.
• 1869 Norman Court, 834 tons net, A.J. Inglis, Glasgow.
• 1869 Osaka, 527 NRT, William Pile, Sunderland.
• 1869 The Caliph, 914 tons net, Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen.
• 1869 Wylo, 799 NRT, Robert Steele & Co., Greenock.
• 1870 Blackadder, 909 NRT, Maudslay, Son & Field, London.
• 1870 Lothair, 794 NRT, William Waker, Rotherhithe.
• 1870 Hallowe'en, 920 tons, Maudslay, Son & Field, London.

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