Category:Taunton (ship, 1868)
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English: Taunton was a composite clipper built 1868 by Denton, Gray & Co., West Hartlepool, County Durham, yard number 73 for Watts, Millburn & Co.'s China tea trade. 1881 sold to G. B. Meager, Swansea and rigged as a barque. 1892 sold to J. A. Ferreira & Co., Lisbon and renamed Emilia. 1898 struck Thunderbolt Rock on passage Lourenco Marques for New Orleans, towed to Port Elizabeth and sank.
Her dimensions were 55,3 x 9,8 m and she had 705 GRT (IMO Nr.: 60830).[1][2]
Her dimensions were 55,3 x 9,8 m and she had 705 GRT (IMO Nr.: 60830).[1][2]
Also source: Tees Built Ships
Names:
- Taunton (1868–1892)
- Emilia (1892–1898)
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W.S. Alfred - The composite tea clipper ‚Taunton‘.jpg 5,200 × 3,189; 3.89 MB
