Windhover (clipper ship)

The ship Windhover
History
United Kingdom
NameWindhover
OwnerFindlay & Co
BuilderConnell and Co., Glasgow, Scotland
LaunchedJanuary 1868
Completed1868
Maiden voyageGlasgow to Liverpool, 1868
HomeportGlasgow, Scotland
FateWrecked; Australia, 1889
General characteristics
TypeClipper Ship
Tonnage847 NRT[1]
Length201.1ft[1]
Beam34.0ft[1]
Depth19.8 ft[1]
Sail plan

Windhover was a British tea clipper built in the closing years of construction of this sort of ship. She measured 847 tons NRT. Like the majority of the tea clippers built in the second half of the 1860s, she was of composite construction. She was built by Connell and Co, Glasgow, Scotland in 1868.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f MacGregor, David R. (1983). The Tea Clippers, Their History and Development 1833-1875. Conway Maritime Press Limited. pp. 192–194. ISBN 0-85177-256-0.