Leander was a composite

Composite ship

The technique of composite ship construction emerged in the mid-19th century as the final stage in the evolution of fast commercial sailing ships....

 built 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. She was designed by Bernard Waymouth, and built in 1867 by J G Lawrie of Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 for Joseph Somes.

Ship history

Before 1871, Leander sailed between London

London

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 and the Far East (China) and later from China to New York City

New York City

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. She was in the tea trade until 1879. Re-rigged as a barque

Barque

A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts.- History of the term :The word barque appears to have come from the Greek word baris, a term for an Egyptian boat. This entered Latin as barca, which gave rise to the Italian barca, Spanish barco, and the French barge and...

 in the 1890s, the ship was sold to R. Anderson of London, then to Ross & Company. Her last owner was Seyed Youssouf bin Ahmed Zuwawee of Oman

Oman

Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...

and was renamed Nusrool Mujeed in 1895 and broken up in 1901.

External links

• Painting of tea clipper Leander