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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