Challenger (clipper)
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Challenger was a wooden clipper
Clipper
A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, could carry limited bulk freight, small by later 19th century standards, and had a large total sail area...
ship built in 1852 by Richard & Henry Green, Blackwall Yard
Blackwall Yard
Blackwall Yard was a shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987...
for Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, London.
From "The Copartnership Herald", Vol. I, no. 8 (October 1931)
Between 14 June and 20 October 1863 The Challenger sailed from Hankow to London
London
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in 128 days with a cargo of tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
at £7 10s to £8 per ton.
She measured 174'×32'×20' and tonnage 699 NM, 649,74 GRT & NRT, and 614,07 tons under deck.
She was designed for the China
China
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tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
trade.
In 1868 it was sold to William Stewart, London, but sold four days later to John Grice, Thomas Grice & James Septimus Grice, London.
Sold again in 1871 and transferred to Melbourne, but abandoned shortly at 48°N, 13°W, southwest of the port of Plymouth, England.