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The ship ‘Windhover’
The ship was built by Charles Connell Shipyard at Glasgow, on the Clyde in 1868. Owned by J. Findlay & Co, Glasgow she was a tea clipper travelling regularly to China, sailing to Shanghai, Foo-Chow, Yokohama and Hong Kong. She was bought by Kerr & Co in 1881 and altered to a barque rig. In 1885 the ‘Windhover’ was wrecked when she hit a sunken reef on the Torres Strait NSW laden with coal for Batavia, although all on board survived.
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Object Details
| ID: | BHC3723 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Painting |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | British School, 19th century |
| Vessels: | Windhover 1868 |
| Date made: | 19th century |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Macpherson Collection |
| Measurements: | Painting: 430 mm x 595 mm x 11 mm |
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