| 词条 | The Murray (clipper ship) |
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HistoryThe Murray, a clipper of 1019 tons B.M. and 902 tons register, length {{convert| 193.7|ft|m}}, breadth {{convert| 33.2|ft|m}} and depth {{convert| 20.2 |ft|m}}, was built in 1861 by Alexander Hall & Co. in Aberdeen, Scotland for the packet service of James Thompson & Co. of London, the first ship built for that company, better known as the Orient Line, the last of their ships to be built entirely of wood. She was launched on 25 May 1861, her first master being the highly regarded Captain Legoe, whose wife gave her the name of "The Murray". She sailed from Gravesend on her first voyage to Australia in July 1861.[2] She carried both passengers and cargo, making very fast times. In 1863 she left Plymouth on 15 July and arrived at Adelaide on 26 September, making the entire journey in 73 days, equal to the 1860 record of Yatala,[3] considered the fastest on the route until the advent of Torrens. Captain Legoe, previously of the Celestial, was succeeded by James Norval Smart in 1867, William Begg 1869–1872, previously of Sebastian and Coonatto, and Thomas L. Wadham 1874–1876. On the night of 26 May 1870 in mid Atlantic between Brazil and West Africa, a lookout saw a ship on fire, and Begg made towards it. The ship was the Italian barque Mannin Barabino, out of Genoa bound for the River Plate (Puerto Rico) with a cargo of spirits. The fire had started in the galley and swiftly engulfed the ship; the ship's boat was lowered but was soon overloaded and capsized, and the few survivors managed by clinging to the upturned boat or floating spars, and over 120 were lost by fire or water.[4] Captain Begg was awarded a silver medal by the Italian government for his part in the rescue. Recognition
Further readingAn interesting article on conditions of passage in 1871 may be read here. Some other clippers on the England to South Australia run
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165641653 |title=Some famous Clipper Ships of Olden Days |newspaper=The Observer (Adelaide) |volume=LXXVIII, |issue=5,841 |location=South Australia |date=1 January 1921 |accessdate=5 April 2017 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}} This reference points out that her name is The Murray, not Murray. 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154902951 |title=Shipping |newspaper=The Age |issue=2,121 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=12 August 1861 |accessdate=3 April 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57042852 |title=Well-known Clippers |newspaper=The Register (Adelaide) |volume=XCIII, |issue=27,030 |date=3 April 1928 |accessdate=10 April 2017 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207726347|title=Ship destroyed by fire|publisher=Express and Telegraph|date=12 July 1870|accessdate=10 April 2017}} 4 : Full-rigged ships of Australia|Clipper ships of Australia|Ships of South Australia|1861 ships |
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