Artist, Montague Dawson
Dramatic Framed Canvas Transfer.....No Glass.
36 x 26
The Thermopylae was built in 1868 at the shipyard of Walter Hood & Co., Aberdeen, for George Thompson. She measured 212.0 ft x 36.0 ft x 20.9 ft and 948 tons net. She was designed as an extreme clipper for the China tea trade and rigged as a three-masted ship.
On her maiden voyage, captained by Robert Kimball, Thermopylae made a record crossing from Gravesend to Melbourne in 63 days. On her continued voyage to Shanghai she set another record between those two ports. Other startling performances were from Newcastle, NSW, to Shanghai in 31 days, Shanghai to London in 91 days and Victoria, BC, to Hong Kong in 23 days.
Manufacturer: N/A
SKU: AS03
