Serica (clipper)
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The Serica was a clipper built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Co., at Greenock on the south bank of the Clyde, Scotland, for James Findlay. She was the last-but-one wooden clipper built by Steele before the yard went over to building composite clippers.[2]:ā146ā
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Name | Serica |
Owner | James Findlay |
Builder | Robert Steele & Company, Greenock |
Launched | 1863 |
Fate | Wrecked on the Paracels, 1872 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 708 NRT[1] |
Length | 185.9 ft (56.7 m)[1] |
Beam | 31.1 ft (9.5 m)[1] |
Depth | 19.6 ft (6.0 m)[1] |
Complement | Crew of 23 |
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