Passages of Clipper Ships engaged in the Trade with China.
The following Tables, showing the dates of starting and arrival of ships from the China ports during the years 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, is abridged from ‘Naval Science’ for July, 1873.
| Date of Sailing. | Ship’s Name. | Port. | Date of Arrival. | Passage. | ||
| 1868 | ||||||
| May | 28 | Taeping | Foo-chow-foo | Sept. | 7 | 102 |
| ” | 30 | Lahloo | Foo-chow-foo | ” | 8 | 100 |
| June | 7 | Yang-tsze | Foo-chow-foo | Oct. | 7 | 122 |
| May | 28 | Sir Lancelot | Foo-chow-foo | Sept. | 3 | 98 |
| June | 11 | Forward Ho | Shanghai | Oct. | 17 | 128 |
| ” | 13 | Titania | Shanghai | ” | 17 | 126 |
| May | 30 | Undine | Whampoa | Sept. | 11 | 104 |
| ” | 28 | Ariel | Foo-chow-foo | .. | 97 | |
| ” | 29 | Spindrift | Foo-chow-foo | .. | 97 | |
| June | 1 | Serica | Foo-chow-foo | .. | 113 | |
| ” | 2 | Fiery Cross | Foo-chow-foo | .. | 121 | |
| July | 10 | Challenge | Shanghai | .. | 131 | |
| 1869 | ||||||
| July | 9 | Taeping | Foo-chow-foo | .. | 107 | |
| ” | 2 | Lahloo | Foo-chow-foo | Oct. | 12 | 102 |
| ” | 16 | Sir Lancelot | Foo-chow-foo | ” | 14 | 90 |
| June | 10 | Forward Ho | Shanghai | ” | 2 | 114 |
| ” | 16 | Titania | Shanghai | Sept. | 22 | 98 |
| April | 2 | Undine | Shanghai | Aug. | 2 | 122 |
| June | 30 | Ariel | Foo-chow-foo | Oct. | 12 | 104 |
| July | 4 | Spindrift | Foo-chow-foo | .. | 106 | |
| ” | 27 | Serica | Foo-chow-foo | .. | 110 | |
| ” | 1 | Leander | Foo-chow-foo | Oct. | 12 | 103 |
| Aug. | 6 | Challenge | Shanghai | .. | 148 | |
| July | 28 | Falcon | Foo-chow-foo | .. | 110 | |
| ” | 3 | Thermopylæ | Foo-chow-foo | Oct. | 2 | 91 |
| June | 21 | Taitsing | Shanghai | .. | 115 | |
| 1870 | ||||||
| June | 5 | Taeping | Whampoa | Sept. | 29 | 116 |
| Oct. | 13 | Lahloo | Foo-chow-foo | Jan. | 18 | 97 |
| Aug. | 2 | Sir Lancelot | Foo-chow-foo | Nov. | 12 | 102 |
| June | 28 | Forward Ho | Shanghai | Oct. | 25 | 119 |
| ” | 14 | Titania | Hankow | ” | 8 | 116 |
| July | 30 | Undine | Shanghai | Nov. | 13 | 106 |
| June | 28 | Serica | Shanghai | Oct. | 14 | 112 |
| Sept. | 15 | Fiery Cross | Whampoa | Jan. | 10 | 117 |
| Oct. | 6 | Leander | Foo-chow-foo | ” | 17 | 103 |
| Aug. | 30 | Windhover | Foo-chow-foo | .. | 100 | |
| Sept. | 2 | Falcon | Foo-chow-foo | Dec. | 20 | 109 |
| July | 29 | Thermopylæ | Foo-chow-foo | Nov. | 12 | 106 |
| June | 24 | Cutty Sark | Shanghai | Oct. | 14 | 112 |
| Nov. | 3 | Taitsing | Foo-chow-foo | March | 4 | 121 |
| 1871 | ||||||
| .. | Taeping | .. | .. | .. | ||
| July | 27 | Lahloo | Foo-chow-foo | Nov. | 15 | 111 |
| June | 24 | Forward Ho | Shanghai | Oct. | 20 | 118 |
| July | 1 | Titania | Foo-chow-foo | ” | 2 | 93 |
| June | 27 | Undine | Shanghai | ” | 16 | 111 |
| Sept. | 4 | Ariel | Shanghai | Dec. | 26 | 113 |
| June | 22 | Thermopylæ | Shanghai | Oct. | 6 | 106 |
| Sept. | 2 | Cutty Sark | Shanghai | Dec. | 21 | 110 |
| 1872 | ||||||
| July | 7 | Sir Lancelot | Foo-chow-foo | Nov. | 6 | 122 |
| May | 25 | Titania | Whampoa | Sept. | 19 | 116 |
| June | 24 | Undine | Shanghai | Oct. | 17 | 115 |
| Dec. | 4 | Fiery Cross | Shanghai | April | 2 | 119 |
| Aug. | 3 | Falcon | Whampoa | May | 22 | 111 |
| June | 18 | Thermopylæ | Shanghai | Oct. | 11 | 115 |
| ” | 17 | Cutty Sark | Shanghai | Oct. | 18 | 122 |
| Lost her Rudder. | ||||||
| Aug. | 8 | Taitsing | Shanghai | Nov. | 30 | 114 |