THE THERMOPYLAE PICKING UP A PILOT OFF DUNGENESS 1868 In Gallery / EPIC VOYAGES

THE THERMOPYLAE PICKING UP A PILOT OFF DUNGENESS 1868

The tea clipper Thermopylae was probably the fastest and best all-round clipper ever built on all points of sailing and in all weathers, it being said that 'she could make seven knots when holding a lighted candle on her decks' i.e. in very light winds. She was composite built - wood planking over an iron frame - by Walter Hood of Aberde...