Lahloo (clipper)
Lahloo
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History | |
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Name | Lahloo |
Owner | James Findlay |
Builder | Robert Steele & Co., Greenock, for Alexander Rodger, Glasgow |
Launched | 23 July 1867 |
Fate | Lost Sandalwood Island, 30 or 31 July 1872 16°35′S 179°11′E / 16.583°S 179.183°E |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 799 tons, 985 83/94 tons OM |
Length | 191 ft. 6 in. |
Beam | 32 ft. 9 in. |
Draught | 19 ft. 9 in.[1] [2]: 180 |
Lahloo was a British
Construction
Lahloo was of the same class and sharpness as Ariel, "with more deadrise and tumblehome and a slightly fuller run".She was designed by William Steele, had a composite hull, and carried Cunningham's roller-reefing topsails.[2]: 176, 180
Voyages
- Fuzhou to London
- 101 days, 1868
- 101 days, 1869 (via the "Eastern Passage" out of the China Sea)[a]
- 111 days, 1871
- London to Shanghai
- 98 days (95 days pilot to pilot), 1869[2]: 180, 237–238
Won the Tea Race of 1870
"The race of 1870 from Foo-chow to London was won by the Lahloo in 97 days, the other vessels being: the Windhover, 100 days; Sir Launcelot, 102 days; Leander, 103 days; Thermopylae, 106 days."[3]
Finished second in the Tea Race of 1871
"In 1871 the Titania won in 93 days; the Lahloo, 111 days, from Foo-chow to London; and from Shanghai to London the Thermopylae was 106 days;
Sailing performance
According to Lubbock, the tea clippers Lahloo, Fiery Cross, Taeping and Serica performed at their best in light breezes, as they were all rigged with single topsails.[4] The photograph at the beginning of this article shows Lahloo rigged with double topsails. The photograph is believed to date from the early 1870s – she was built with single topsails and it is not clear when the change was made.[2]: 180–181
Loss of the ship
Lahloo was wrecked on Sandalwood Island, Sunda Islands, on 31 July 1872 whilst on a voyage from Shanghai to London with tea.[2]: 180 Her crew survived.[5]
Notes
- Formosa (Taiwan) and the Philippines, then through the Gillolo Strait, Pitt Passage, and the Ombai Strait into the Indian Ocean. This longer route did not necessarily result in a slow passage: Sir Lancelot took 99 days from Woosung (Wusong) to London by this route in 1867. In 1869, many of the clippers took the Eastern route home.[2]: 20–22, 180
References
- ^ Lubbock, Basil (1919). The China Clippers (4th ed.). Glasgow: James Brown & Son. p. iv.
- ^ ISBN 0-85177-256-0.
- ^ a b
Clark, Arthur H. (1910). The Clipper Ship Era, An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews, 1843-1869. Camden, ME: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. p. 336.
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- ^ Lubbock, Basil (1919). The China Clippers (4th ed.). Glasgow: James Brown & Son. p. 155.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 27476. London. 7 September 1872. col D, p. 11.
Further reading
- Robinson, J (1995). China clipper master: the story of John Smith of the "Lahloo". Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson. ISBN 978-0-85174-628-9.
External links
- Lahloo Tea, company founded by great-great granddaughter of a man who sailed on the ship
- Description of the Tea Race of 1871
- Lithograph of Lahloo
- Betting on Lahloo for upcoming Tea Race
- Account of 1868 Tea Race
- Account of the wreck of Lahloo