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To have been the home port of one of those queens of the seas, the speedy tea clippers of the later half of the eighteenth century was an honour for any sea town. To have been able to claim, as Victoria could from 1891 to 1895, that on her port register was one of the two fastest ships afloat is an honour of which this city has perhaps never been sufficiently aware. The question of whether it was Thermopylae or Cutty Sark that should have the pride of first place is one that even today is good for an argument in sailing circles but certainly at the time Thermopylae was berthed in Victoria there was one old veteran sailing ship captain who was not afraid to write in the local press of the Thermoplylae which, I believe, is still the fastest sailing ship afloat. from saltwaterpeoplehistoricalsociety.blogspot.ca/2012/02/ship-thermopylae-victoria-bc.html
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:09:53 +0000

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