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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Clipper Thermopylae (ship)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1896 - 1907
History
An extreme composite clipper ship designed by Bernard Waymouth of London and built by Walter Hood & Co. in 1868. She measured 212’0” x 36’0” x 20’9” and tonnage 991 GRT, 948 NRT, and 927 tons under deck. The under-deck coefficient was 0,58. Rigged with royal sails, single topgallant, and double top-sales. She was sunk by gunfire and torpedoes by units of the Portuguese Navy at sea off the Tagus in 1907.