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  2. Star of Greece - Wikipedia

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    Painting of the wreck of the Star of Greece by GF Gregory A newspaper article announcing the sinking of the Star of Greece published in the Adelaide Observer. The Star of Greece was a three-masted clipper that was built in 1868 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for JP Corry & Co. It was wrecked on the coast of South Australia in 1888.

  3. List of clipper ships - Wikipedia

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    In 1857 she carried 6,900 bales of cotton from New Orleans to Liverpool, the largest cargo of cotton ever shipped up to that date by a sailing vessel. The London Times said of her in 1857, "Titan, the largest and finest clipper in the world, has just returned from the Crimea, and will run in the White Star Line to Australia." Subsequently she ...

  4. Star Clipper - Wikipedia

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    Star Clipper is a four masted barquentine built as a cruise ship, and operated by Star Clippers Ltd of Sweden. She is the first clipper ship in this class since 1912. She is classed by Lloyds 100A1 A luxury vessel, she sails under the Maltese flag.

  5. Blue Jacket (clipper) - Wikipedia

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    The Blue Jacket was an 1854 medium clipper well known for the lavish decoration of its staterooms and saloon. She served in the Liverpool and Australia trades. [3]: 173 The ship was named after the blue jackets, a traditional name for sailors in the US and British navies.

  6. Red Jacket (clipper) - Wikipedia

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    Red Jacket was a clipper ship, one of the largest and fastest ever built. [4] She was also the first ship of the White Star Line company. [dubious – discuss] She was named after Sagoyewatha, a famous Seneca Indian chief, called "Red Jacket" by settlers. [5]

  7. Comet (clipper) - Wikipedia

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    Comet was an 1851 California clipper built by William H. Webb which sailed in the Australia trade and the tea trade. This extreme clipper was very fast. She had record passages on two different routes: New York City to San Francisco, and Liverpool to Hong Kong, and beat the famous clipper Flying Dutchman in an 1853 race around the Horn to San ...

  8. Ocean Chief (clipper) - Wikipedia

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    Ocean Chief was a clipper ship used in a regular packet service and as a passenger ship for bounty emigrants to Australia between June 1854 and December 1861 at the time of the Australian gold rushes.

  9. Clipper route - Wikipedia

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    The clipper route was derived from the Brouwer Route and was sailed by clipper ships between Europe and the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. The route, devised by the Dutch navigator Hendrik Brouwer in 1611, reduced the time of a voyage between The Netherlands and Java , in the Dutch East Indies , from almost 12 months to about six months ...

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