Norman Court (clipper)
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Norman Court was a composite built clipper ship, measuring 197.4ft x 33ft x 20ft, of 833.87 tons net. She was designed by William Rennie, and is regarded as his best clipper ship design; she was built in 1869 by A & J Inglis, Glasgow. On the night of 29 March 1883 in a strong gale she was driven ashore and wrecked in Cymmeran Bay.
Full Listings
| Clipper ships, designers & builders | |
|---|---|
| British-built clippers | |
| Ariel | Blackadder | Cutty Sark | Hallowe'en | Leander | Lothair | Norman Court | Sir Lancelot | Tayleur | Thermopylae | Tsaitsing | |
| American-built clippers | |
| Champion of the Seas | Flying Cloud | Lightning | |
| British designers and builders | |
| Hercules Linton | William Lithgow | Scott & Linton | |
| American designers and builders | |
| Donald McKay | |
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