Sir Lancelot (clipper)

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Sir Lancelot was a clipper ship, measuring 197.6ft x 33.7ft x 21ft, and of 886 tons net. She was built in 1865 by Robert Steel & Co, Greenock.

In 1895 under Persian ownership, she was rumoured to have sunk on 1 October during a cyclone near Sand Heads, Calcutta whilst on passage from the Red Sea loaded with salt.

Clipper ships, designers & builders
British-built clippers
Ariel \| Blackadder \| Cutty Sark \| Flying Cloud \| Hallowe'en \| Leander \| Lothair \| Norman Court \| Sir Lancelot* \| Tayleur \| Thermopylae \| Tsaitsing*
American-built clippers
Challenger \| Champion of the Seas \| Flying Cloud \| Great Republic \| Lightning
British designers and builders
Hercules Linton \| William Lithgow \| Scott & Linton
American designers and builders
Donald McKay \| Nathaniel Palmer