Thermopylae Sailor Built Clipper Ship Waterline Model, 1935, A Hay . Winning margins could be tight. In 1866, for example, just two years before the launch of Thermopylae, the Taeping had docked a ...

A plaque commemorating the 150th anniversary of Aberdeen’s Thermopylae clipper ship beating the Cutty Sark has been unveiled at the harbour.

The original shipbuilder's half hull model of the famous tea clipper Thermopylae, the fastest sailing ship in the world at her peak and faster than the Cutty Sark, has been unveiled at Aberdeen ...

This was the first clipper ship to be designed and built in the UK.Aberdeenâ??s innovative ship designers William and James Hall created the UKâ??s first clipper ship in 1839 with the launch of ...