Clippers

thumb|350px|bottom|right|Taeping (clipper)|Taeping, a tea clipper built in 1863 by [[Robert Steele & Company.]] A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. The term was also retrospectively applied to the Baltimore clipper, which originated in the late 18th century.

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sailing route around the world

The Taeping was a tea clipper built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Company of Greenock and owned by Captain Alexander Rodger of Cellardyke, Fife. Over her career, Taeping was the first clipper to dock in London in three different tea seasons. This compares with the highly successful , who won the "premium" in four separate tea seasons.

steam clipper wrecked off Anglesey, UK

clipper launched in 2000

clipper ship built in 1864

extreme clipper ship