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Sailing Ship Model - Clipper Ship, Tweed
Reg. No: ST 025281
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- Summary:
- The Tweed was a fully rigged clipper ship famous the world over for its speed. It was launched in 1854. This Bombay-built, full-rigged ship first sailed as the paddle steamer Punjaub owned and operated by the East Indea Company and serving as a troopship during the Crimean War. It was sold to John Willis and Sons, London, in 1862 and converted to a clipper. It sailed the New Zealand-Australia-England route towards the end of its life, well after the gold-rush era - for example, in 1874 February 3 - April 27 it sailed Melbourne to London in 83 days with a cargo of wool. After conversion to sail she had a successful career and was broken up in 1888 following storm damage. Her timbers were said to have been used to roof a church in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from A. Noltey, 1962
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | clipper ships, sailing vessels |
| Themes this item is part of: | Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | WATER TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Wind Power - Sailing Vessels |
| Tertiary Classification: | model clipper ships |
| User of Item Modelled: | East India Company, England, Great Britain, 1854-1888 |
| References: | Information in object summary drawn from The Maritime History Virtual Archives web site http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Merchant/PS/P/Punjaub(1854).html, accessed 28/9/06. |
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