Titania

Composite tea clipper built in 1866 by Robert Steele & Co., Greenock. Dimensions: 200'0"×36'0"×21'0" and tonnage: 879,45 NRT.

1866 November: Launched at the shipyard of Robert Steele & Co., Greenock, for Shaw, Lowther, Maxton & Co., London.
1867 January 29: Dismasted near the Cape Verde Islands.
1867 September 2 - December 26: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 115 days. Captain R. Deas.
1868 June 13 - October 17: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 126 days.
1869 June 16 - September 22: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 98 days with a cargo of tea at £4 per ton. 96 days Woosung to Deal. Captain W.H. Burgoyne.
1870 June 18 - October 8: Sailed from Woosung to London in 112 days.
1871 July 1 - October 2: Sailed from Foochow to London in 93 days. Captain J. Dowdy.
1872 May 25 - September 19: Sailed from Macao to London in 117 days.
1872: Rigging reduced.
1873 July 25 - December 18: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 146 days. Captain Hunt.
1875 February 4 - May 11: Sailed from Hong Kong to London in 96 days. Captain J. England.
1876 March 27 - August 4: Sailed from Shanghai to New York in 130 days.
1878 September 22 - December 30: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 99 days.
1879 October 25 - February 14: Sailed from Manilla to New York in 112 days.
c1882: Sold to the Hudson Bay Company and put on the Vancouver trade around the Cape Horn under command of Captain Dandy Dunn.
1894: Sold to Maresca, Castellamare, and was placed in the Mauritius and South America trade.
1894 April 15: Collided with SS Courowarra off Green Cape on voyage from Australia to her new owners.
1910 March: Broken up at Marseilles.

Updated 1996-12-23 by Lars Bruzelius

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