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Cranston Fine Arts  Naval Art Age of Sail Ships L'Achille to Ville de Paris  Thermopylae |
[UP] - L'Achille - Lahloo - Loch Etive - L'Orient - Mary Rose - Matthew - Mayflower - Mount Stewart - Niels Juel - Nina - Ocean Monarch - Pinta - Redoutable - Reunion - San Nicolas - Santa Ana - Santa Maria - Santisima Trinidad - Spitfire - Strathearn - Taeping - Thermopylae - USCS Ranger - USS Bonhomme Richard - USS Cheasapeake - USS Constitution - USS Essex - USS Hancock - USS United States - Ville de Paris |
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Cutty Sark and Thermopylae by Ivan Berryman. Cutty Sark and Thermopylae racing each other home in 1872. Cutty Sark is nearest with her sails backlit against the low sun and her great rival Thermopylae in the distance. |
Thermopylae by Ivan Berryman. Often described as the most beautiful of all the clippers, the Aberdeen White Star Line's Thermopylae was Cutty Sark's only true rival, the pair often racing each other home to Great Britain from the Far East. She was unusual in that her design opted for slightly shorter masts, while the span of her yards was increased to compensate, her vast mainsail having a drop of 40ft, carried on a yard that was 80ft wide. Launched in 1868 at Aberdeen, her fate was a scandal, this wonderful ship being sold to the Portuguese government who employed her briefly as a training ship before she was callously torpedoed and sunk for target practice by the Portuguese navy in December 1907. |
The Thermopylae Leaving Foochow by Montague Dawson. No text for this item |
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