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Tea Race
In the middle third of the 19th century, the clippers which carried cargoes of tea from China to Britain would compete in informal races to be first ship to dock in London with the new crop of each season. The Great Tea Race of 1866 was keenly followed in the press, with an extremely close finish. ''Taeping'' docked 28 minutes before ''Ariel''after a passage of more than 14,000 miles. ''Ariel'' had been ahead when the ships were taken in tow by steam tugs off Deal, but after waiting for the tide at Gravesend the deciding factor was the height of tide at which one could enter the different docks used by each ship. The third finisher, ''Serica'', docked an hour and 15 minutes after ''Ariel''. These three ships had left China on the same tide and arrived at London 99 days later to dock on the same tide. The next to arrive, 28 hours later, was ''Fiery Cross'', followed, the next day, by ''Taitsing''. Given the close finish, and fearing that the consignees might find reason to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Spurling - ARIEL & TAEPING, China Tea Clippers Race
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