page_title: Thermopylae (clipper)
section_title: Records set in tea trade
hierarchical_section_title: Thermopylae (clipper) / Records set in tea trade
caption_attribution_description: English: Clipper ship 'Thermopylae. 1 photographic print: b&amp;w. Written on back: "Thermopylae. Builder: Walter Hood, Aberdeen, 1868. Dimensions: 212 x 36 x 20. Tonnage: 948 tons. Type: Wooden Clipper Ship." Written on front: "M.B. Coll. NO 14E, Ship Thermopylae. Sea Wall S.F., CAL. 1880."
context_page_description: Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London.
context_section_description: Thermopylae was designed for the China tea trade, and set speed records on her maiden voyage to Melbourne—63 days, still the fastest trip under sail.
caption: Thermopylae at sea wall, San Francisco, California, 1880
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