On a grey October day 150 years ago, an elegant, three masted, square rigged, clipper ship, with her distinctive green painted hull, the Thermopylae, slipped into her berth in London, a full seven ...

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The original shipbuilder's half hull model of the famous tea clipper Thermopylae, the fastest sailing ship in the world at her peak and faster than the Cutty Sark, has been unveiled at Aberdeen ...

s first clipper ship in 1839 with the launch of the schooner ... was applied to larger ships and saw its zenith with such tea clippers as "Thermopylae" (Aberdeen 1868) and "Cutty Sark" (Dumbarton ...

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In 1876, when racing clipper ship Thermopylae back to Britain, her rudder gave way and she arrived seven days after her rival. Captain Moodie retired from his post due to the stress, and the ship ...