Lammermuir (1856 clipper)
Lammermuir, named for the Lammermuir Hills, was a tea clipper built in Sunderland by William Pile. She was the first clipper owned by Jock Willis Shipping Line. She was a fast sailer, being the second ship home in the 1858-59 tea season.[1]:103-104 She was a favourite of John Willis senior.[2](pp56-58)
 Lammermuir, built in 1856. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Namesake: | Lammermuir Hills |
| Launched: | 1856 |
| Homeport: | London |
| Fate: | Wrecked 31 December 1863[1](p104) |
| Notes: | designed by William Pile, Sunderland |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tea clipper |
| Tonnage: | 952 NRT |
| Length: | hull: 178 ft 0 in (54.25 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m) |
| Depth: | 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m) |
Construction
Lammermuir measured 178'0" × 34'0" × 22'0", with tonnage 952 NRT. Whilst she did not set any sails above royals, she did have a great spread of sail.
Loss of the ship
When she was wrecked on the Amherst Reef in the Macclesfield Channel, Gaspar Strait on 31 December 1863, Jock "White Hat" Willis commissioned another ship by the same name, the Lammermuir of 1864.
The wreck of the original Lammermuir was still visible above the water line in August 1866 when the new Lammermuir sailed past en route to China and also later in 1874.[2]:62
References
- MacGregor, David R. (1983). The Tea Clippers, Their History and Development 1833-1875. Conway Maritime Press Limited. ISBN 0 85177 256 0.
- Shewan, Andrew (1996) [reprint of 1927 edn.]. The Great Days of Sail, Reminiscences of a Tea-clipper Captain. London: Conway Maritime Press Limited. ISBN 0 85177 699 X.
- Hudson Taylor & China's Open Century Volume Four:: Survivors’ Pact; Alfred James Broomhall; Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1983