Taeping ( Rus. Taiping ) - sailing clipper , built in 1863. The winner of the tea race in 1866 (shared first place with the clipper Ariel ). September 22, 1871 crashed in the South China Sea.
| Taiping | |
|---|---|
| Taeping | |
| Flag |  Great Britain |
| Title | Taeping |
| Class and type of vessel | Clipper |
| Manufacturer | Robert Steele & Company, Greenock |
| Commissioned | 1863 year |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | in 1871, crashed |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 767 tons |
| Length between perpendiculars | 55.8 m |
The British marine painter and engineer Montague Dawson devoted several of his works to the race of the famous clippers “Taiping” and “ Ariel ”.
1866 Tea Race
16 clippers left the port of Funchzhou in May 1866. All 99 days of the race, the clippers walked quite smoothly, and it was not known who would win. Clipper “Fiery Cross” kept the lead in the race for the longest time, but “Taiping” bypassed it at the Cape of Good Hope. And soon the clipper Ariel burst forth. And on September 6, 1866, Ariel was the first to approach the English Channel. Behind him, less than one mile behind, was Taiping. However, the first to reach the dock is Ariel.
The race was still won by Taiping (captain Donald McKinon), moored eight minutes later: he left Fuzhou twenty minutes after the Ariel and thus arrived at his destination 12 minutes earlier.
Literature
Lubbock, Basil (1919). The China Clippers (4th ed.). Glasgow: James Brown & Son. p. 155.