Kaisow (clipper)
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Kaisow, a composite clipper, was built by Robert Steele & Company at Greenock and launched on 19 November 1868.[1]
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Kaisow |
Owner | Alexander Rodger, Glasgow |
Builder | Robert Steele & Company, Greenock |
Launched | 19 November 1868 |
United Kingdom | |
Owner | Killick Martin & Company, London |
Acquired | 1875 |
United Kingdom | |
Owner | William Bowden Jr |
Acquired | 29 April 1885 |
Fate | Lost November 1891 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Composite clipper |
Tonnage | 820 GRT |
Length | 193.2 ft (58.9 m)[1] |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m)[1] |
Depth | 20.3 ft (6.2 m)[1] |
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Robert Steele & Company also built the famous clippers Ariel and Taeping which took part in the great tea race of 1866, and Sir Lancelot, another renown clipper ship.[1]
Kaisow was the 173rd vessel to have been built by the yard. She was 193.2 feet (58.9 m) in length, had a beam of 32 feet (9.8 m), a depth of 20.3 feet (6.2 m) and measured at 820 gross register tons (GRT). The clipper had a demiman Mandarin figurehead.[1]