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''Lammermuir'' was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1864 by W. Pile & Co of West Hartlepool for John "Jock" "White Hat" Willis & Son, London. She was the second ship to bear the name; the first ''Lammermuir'' had been the favorite ship of John Willis, and was wrecked in the Gaspar Strait in 1863. She measured 200'4"×35'5"×20'9" and tonnage was 1054 NRT. She was designed for the China tea trade. In 1866, she was almost wrecked in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean by two typhoons. She was under the command of Captain M. Bell and carried the famous Lammermuir Party of 18 missionaries and 4 children of the China Inland Mission outbound to China, arriving in Shanghai on 30 September 1866. Hudson Taylor recalled the most perilous time in the voyage: In 1873 the ''Lammermuir'' left London, bound for Adelaide. Unfortunately, they left port without the all-important tool chest for the ship's carpenter. John Willis himself rushed to the docks to see to it that the ''Orient'' could take the chest along and deliver it to the ship. The captain of the ''Orient'' bet Willis that he would overtake the ''Lammermuir'' before it crossed the Equator to transfer the chest at sea, which he did.〔Lubbock (2005), 151〕 The clipper's last voyage was soon after this, from Adelaide to London on 10 November 1876, but she never arrived and was presumed to have been lost at sea. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lammermuir (1864 clipper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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