Taitsing
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Taitsing |
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| Builder: | Charles Connell & Co, Glasgow |
| Launched: | 1865 |
| Fate: | Sank 20 September 1883 |
| Notes: | Arrived fifth in The Great Tea Race of 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clipper |
| Tonnage: | 815 NRT |
| Length: | 192 ft |
| Beam: | 31.5 ft |
| Depth: | 20.1 ft |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Taitsing was a famous British tea clipper.
Taitsing was a full-rigged, composite-built clipper ship, measuring 192 feet (58.5 meters) in length, with a beam of 31.5 feet (9.6 meters) and a draught of 20.15 feet (6.1 meters). She was built in 1865 by Charles Connell & Co, Glasgow, Scotland, for Findlay & Longmuir, Greenock, Scotland.
The ship sailed from London to Chinese ports like Amoy, Hong Kong, Woosung, Foochow, and Shanghai. She also travelled from Foochow to New York in 1874. In 1876 the ship was sold to James Findlay of Greenock. She was sold to John Willis & Son [Robert D. Willis] of London in 1879.
Laden with just over a million pounds (453,600 kg) of tea, Taitsing, under the command of Captain Nutsford, raced nine other ships from China to England in The Great Tea Race of 1866. The first five ships – Taiping, Ariel, Serica, Fiery Cross, and Taitsing – finished the 14,000-nautical-mile (25,930-km) race within three days of each other. Taitsing arrived fifth, in "the closest run ever recorded."Taitsing′s best 24-hour run during the race was on 2 July 1866, when she traveled 318 nautical miles (589 km), averaging 13.25 knots (24.5 km/hr).
Taitsing, carrying a load of patent fuel from Swansea, wales, sank in the Indian Ocean off Nyuni Island, Zanzibar, on 20 September 1883.
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