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''Ariel'' was a clipper ship famous for making fast voyages between China and England in the late 1860s. ''Ariel'' was a full rigged ship of 853 tons net register, measuring x 33.9 feet x . She was designed by William Rennie, and built in 1865 by Robert Steele & Co., Greenock for Shaw, Lowther & Maxton of London. Like the majority of tea clippers launched after 1864, she was composite built, of timber planking over iron frames. ''Ariel'' is most famous for almost winning The Great Tea Race of 1866, an unofficial race between Foochow, China and London with the first tea crop of the 1866 season. ==Great Tea Race of 1866== (詳細はTaeping'' and ''Serica'' on the 30th. On 6 September ''Taeping'' docked twenty minutes ahead of ''Ariel'', and about two hours ahead of ''Serica''. ''Fiery Cross'' and ''Taitsing'' arrived two days later. After 99 days and almost the leaders were still tied and raced side by side the full length of the English Channel and into the Thames. ''Taeping'', under Captain McKinnon, drew less water and was able to tie up in the London docks twenty minutes ahead of ''Ariel'', under Captain Keay. ''Taeping'' divided her winnings of 10 shillings per ton with the crew of ''Ariel'' and Captain McKinnon divided the captain's £100 with Captain Keay, who hailed from Anstruther. With the completion of the Suez Canal the tea trade was taken over by steamships and most of the clippers transferred to the Australian trade, carrying general cargo to either Sydney or Melbourne, and returning with wool — for which a premium price was also paid on the first shipments of the season. 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「Ariel (clipper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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