Ariel (clipper)

	Ariel and Taeping in The Great Tea Race of 1866
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ariel
Builder	Robert Steele & Co., Greenock
Launched	1865
Fate	Foundered 1872
General characteristics
Type	Clipper
Tonnage	852.87 NRT
Length	197.4 ft (60.2 m)
Beam	33.9 ft (10.3 m)
Depth	21 ft (6.4 m)

Ariel was a clipper ship famous for making fast voyages between China and England in the late 1860s. She is most famous for almost winning The Great Tea Race of 1866, an unofficial race between Fuzhou, China and London with the first tea crop of the 1866 season.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d MacGregor, David R. (1983). The Tea Clippers, Their History and Development 1833-1875. Conway Maritime Press Limited. p. 152. ISBN 0-85177-256-0.

[MacGregorP152-1] MacGregor, David R. (1983). The Tea Clippers, Their History and Development 1833-1875. Conway Maritime Press Limited. p. 152. ISBN 0-85177-256-0.

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History
Ariel and Taeping in The Great Tea Race of 1866
United Kingdom
Name	Ariel
Builder	Robert Steele & Co., Greenock
Launched	1865
Fate	Foundered 1872
General characteristics
Type	Clipper
Tonnage	852.87 NRT^[1]
Length	197.4 ft (60.2 m)^[1]
Beam	33.9 ft (10.3 m)^[1]
Depth	21 ft (6.4 m) ^[1]