Lalla Rookh (1856 ship)
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Lalla Rookh was a square-rigged, iron-hulled tea clipper of 869 tons, built in 1856 in Liverpool, Lancashire, owned by William Prowse & Co. and said to travel fast. She was used for trade with India and China, and was advertised in 1871 as a packet ship to take passengers to Australia. She was completely wrecked at Prawle Point, Devon on 3 March 1873, with the loss of one crew member and all of her cargo of tea and tobacco.
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Name | Lalla Rookh |
Owner | William Prowse & Co. |
Builder | Liverpool |
Launched | 1856 |
Fate | Wrecked on rocks off Prawle Point, Devon, 3 March 1873 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tea clipper |
Tons burthen | 869 tons |
Length | 179 feet (55 m) |
Depth of hold | 20 feet (6.1 m) |
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