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Thermopylae Sailor Built Clipper Ship Waterline Model
THERMOPYLAE
Thermopylae Sailor Built Clipper Ship Waterline Model
Thermopylae Sailor Built Clipper Ship Waterline Model

THERMOPYLAE

clipper ship, 1868 - 1907
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About MeBuilt in 1868 by the Walter Hood yard of Footdee the 'Thermopylae' rapidly gained a reputation for speed and reliability. Her career included record setting voyages to Australia in the wool trade and the famous tea races from Foochow, China. In 1890, Thermopylae was sold to Canadian interests and the vessel carried rice and timber across the Pacific. Thermopylae was sold to the Portuguese Navy in 1897 for training purposes and renamed Pedro Nunes. By this time, the 'Thermopylae' was found to be in such poor condition that it was decided to sink the ship using it as a torpedo target - a sad end for the pride of Aberdeen shipbuilding.
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Captain John Henderson
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Aberdeen Shipmaster Society Mortification Board
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Stillpoint by Gwen Hardie
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Marion Patterson
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Image Not Available for Talbot Rice Gallery
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Aberdeen Granite Association
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Sir William Henderson
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