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''Ambassador'' is an United Kingdom tea clipper built in 1869. She was a composite clipper, built with wooden planking over an iron skeleton and was W. Lund & Co's first tea clipper. She is now a beached wreck in southern Chile. ==History== William Walker built ''Ambassador'' at Lavender Dry Dock in London. Though considered a fast ship, ''Ambassador'' was said to be "very cranky and overmasted". Her first passage to the UK from Foochow came during the Tea Race of 1870 under Captain Duggan and took 115 days, a mediocre performance; that same year the fastest tea passage, also from Foochow, was made by the clipper in just 98 days. ''Ambassador''s fastest passage between China and England was 108 days, in 1872.〔 ''Ambassador'' has been beached at Estancia San Gregorio, Chile since 1899. In 1973 Chile declared her a historic monument. The wreck is now reduced to a skeletal frame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ambassador – Estancia San Gregorio, XII Región, Chile )〕 It is an example of a dwindling number of composite ship constructions. Better preserved examples include: * , passenger clipper relocated from Scotland to Adelaide in 2014 * ''Cutty Sark'' (1869), tea-clipper in Greenwich, England * , a Naval sloop in Chatham, England * (1908), a paddle steamer at Goolwa on the River Murray, South Australia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ambassador (clipper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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