Norman Court (clipper)
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Norman Court was a composite built clipper ship, designed by William Rennie, measuring 197.4ft x 33ft x 20ft, of 833.87 tons net. The ship was built in 1869 by A & J Inglis of Glasgow. On the night of 29 March 1883 in a strong gale it was driven ashore and wrecked in Cymmeran Bay.
Clipper ships, designers & builders | |
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British-built clippers | |
Ariel | Blackadder |Challenger | Cutty Sark | Flying Cloud | Hallowe'en | Leander | Lothair | Norman Court | Sir Lancelot | Tayleur | Thermopylae | Taitsing | |
American-built clippers | |
Champion of the Seas | Flying Cloud | Great Republic | Lightning | |
British designers and builders | |
Hercules Linton | William Lithgow | Scott & Linton | |
American designers and builders | |
Donald McKay | Nathaniel Palmer |