&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Torrens_(ship,_1875)_-_NMM_P6434.jpg) Torrens in 1875
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| History | |
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| Name | Torrens |
| Namesake | Robert Torrens |
| Owner |
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| Operator | 1875: Elder, Smith & Co |
| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Sir James Laing, Sunderland |
| Cost | £27,257 |
| Yard number | 371 |
| Launched | 30 October 1875 |
| Completed | 24 November 1875 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in Genoa, 1910 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger clipper |
| Tonnage | 1,335 GRT, 1,276 NRT |
| Length | 222.1 ft (67.7 m) |
| Beam | 38.1 ft (11.6 m) |
| Draught | 21.5 ft (6.6 m) |
| Sail plan | full-rigged ship |
| Notes | 1st and 2nd class cabins only |
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Torrens was a three-masted clipper ship that was built in England in 1875 and scrapped in Italy in 1910. She was designed to carry passengers and cargo between London and Port Adelaide, South Australia, and was the fastest ship to sail on that route. She is notable as the last sailing ship on which Joseph Conrad served before he began his writing career.