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British Clipper Bidston Hill

British Clipper Bidston Hill.

British Clipper Bidston Hill
This is a painting of the British Clipper Bidston Hill off Calcutta. It is by a chinese painter Kwong Sang (listed as c. 1860, date not on painting). An additional reference lists the Bidston Hill as a four-masted iron ship built in 1886.

1886 November
Launched at the shipyard of T. Royden & Sons., Liverpool, for W. Price & Co., Liverpool. The first master was Captain Lambert.

1887
Dismasted off Cape Horn and had to seek refuge at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. The subsequent repairs required seven months.

1893-1894
Re-rigged as a four-masted barque.

31st July 1905
Wrecked at Cape Furneaux, Staten Island, under command of Captain J. Kendall. The entire crew was later rescued by an Argentian steamer.

A photograph by George Schutze is available at the State Library of Victoria, Australia.