Name Stornoway Beam 28.8 ft (8.8 m) Launched 1850 Draft 5.43 m | Owner Jardine Matheson Draught 17.8 ft (5.4 m) Length 48 m Builder Aberdeen | |
Fate Wrecked at the mouth of the Thames, 7 June 1873, on the Kentish Knock Tonnage 595 old measurement
527 new measurement | ||
Stornoway was a British tea clipper built in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1850. She was owned by Jardine Matheson, and sold to Mackay & Co., London, in 1861. She is famous for her race with the clipper Chrysolite. During her lifetime the Stornoway was commanded by various Masters:
In 1867 she was sold to Welch & Co., Newcastle, and in 1871 was again sold to R. Chapman, Newcastle. She was wrecked at the mouth of the Thames, 7 June 1873, on the Kentish Knock.
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