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Hallowe'en (clipper)

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Status
  
Wrecked 1887

Tons burthen
  
970,99 GRT

Draught
  
20 ft 5 in (6.22 m)

Length
  
66 m

Builder
  
Class and type
  
Iron clipper ship

Beam
  
35 ft 2 in (10.72 m)

Launched
  
4 June 1870

Draft
  
6.22 m

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Owner
  
John Willis & Son, London

Hallowe’en was a 920-ton iron clipper ship. She was built in 1870 by Maudslay, Son & Field at Greenwich, England, for John "Jock" "White Hat" Willis, and was a sister ship to the clipper ship Blackadder.

Due to faults in Blackadder, which caused dismasting on her maiden voyage, Hallowe’en was not handed over to Willis for nearly 18 months after her launch due to protracted legal action.

Record passage from China to London

In 1874-1875, Hallowe’en sailed from Shanghai China, to London with a cargo of tea in 91 days, a record time, arriving 20 January 1875. She was fast in light airs and recorded many fast passages between China and the United Kingdom.

In 1887, Hallowe’en was on passage from Foochow, China, loaded with tea when she was wrecked in the English Channel at Sewer Mill Cove off Salcombe, South Devon, England.

References

Hallowe'en (clipper) Wikipedia


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