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
British-built clippers
Ariel \| Blackadder \|Challenger \| Cutty Sark \| Flying Cloud \| Hallowe'en \| Lammermuir \| Leander \| Lothair \| Norman Court* \| Sir Lancelot \| Tayleur \| Thermopylae \| Taitsing*
American-built clippers
Champion of the Seas \| Flying Cloud \| Great Republic \| James Baines \| Lightning
British designers and builders
Hercules Linton \| William Lithgow \| John Scott Russell \| Scott & Linton
American designers and builders
Donald McKay \| Nathaniel Palmer \| William Henry Webb