Taitsing (clipper)
| History | |
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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 off Nyuni Island, Zanzibar 20 September 1883[1](p169) |
| Notes: | Arrived fifth in The Great Tea Race of 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Clipper |
| Tonnage: | 815 NRT[1](p166) |
| Length: | 192 ft[1](p166) |
| Beam: | 31.5 ft[1](p166) |
| Depth: | 20.1 ft[1](p166) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Taitsing was a famous British Tea Clipper.[2]
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Tea Clipper Taitsing
She was a full rigged, composite built clipper ship, measuring 192 ft. x 31.5 ft. x 20.15 ft. She was built in 1865 by Charles Connell & Co, Glasgow for Findlay & Longmuir, Greenock.[3]
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 and again to John Willis & Son [Robert D. Willis] of London in 1879.
A painting of Taitsing signed by the Chinese painter Hingqua, along with a painting of the Clipper Brig Venus, sold at auction at Sotheby's in 2009.[4]
The Great Tea Race of 1866
Laden with just over a million pounds 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, the Taiping, Ariel, Serica, Fiery Cross, and Taitsing, finished a 14,000 mile race within three days of each other. Taitsing arrived fifth, in "the closest run ever recorded."[5]
Taitsing's best 24 hour run during this race was on July 2, when she traveled 318 miles, averaging 13.25 knots.[6]
Sinking
Taitsing, carrying a load of patent fuel from Swansea, sank off Nyuni Island, Zanzibar in 1883.
Paintings
- The Ship Taitsing entering Hong Kong, July 1877
- Clipper ship Taitsing China trade portrait
- China Trade oil on canvas of Taitsing, 1865-2870
- "Ship TAITSING Visiting China", David Thimgan, 1955-2003
- Taitsing, composite ship picture by David Michael Hartigan Little
- "Fleeting Colors", British Tea Clipper Taitsing, 1866-67, by Jim Griffiths, Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport
Scale model
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Further reading
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- Clippers
- Individual sailing vessels
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- Victorian-era merchant ships of the United Kingdom
- Clyde-built ships
- Shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean
- Maritime incidents in 1883
- 1865 ships
- Full-rigged ships
