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Jack Spurling: The New Zealand record-breaker Waimate  wikidata:Q112207713 reasonator:Q112207713
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Jack Spurling  (1870–1933)  wikidata:Q29441094
 
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Date of birth/death 1870 Edit this at Wikidata 31 May 1933 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q29441094
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The New Zealand record-breaker Waimate
label QS:Len,"The New Zealand record-breaker Waimate"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date 1927
date QS:P571,+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pencil, pen, brown India ink, watercolor and white gouache
Dimensions height: 35.5 cm (13.9 in); width: 50.8 cm (20 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,35.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,50.8U174728
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J. Spurling/1927
Notes The New Zealand Shipping Company, founded in 1873, began its operations with two sisterships and, the next year, ordered a second pair to augment their service. Both the latter had long and successful careers and one of them, Waimate, soon acquired a reputation as the smartest and fastest clipper on the New Zealand run.

Built in Blumer's Yard at Sunderland in 1874, Waimate was registered at 1,156 tons gross (1,128 net) and measured 222 feet in length with a 35 foot beam. Designed with two decks, she had accommodation for about 350 emigrants as well as a few berths for cabin passengers. On her maiden voyage under Captain Rose, she sighted Lyttelton (New Zealand) 84 days out from the Lizard, a much better than average time and the precursor of things to come. A well-constructed ship maintained in splendid condition, Waimate proved hugely popular and rarely sailed from England with spare capacity. In 1880-81, under Captain Peck, her second master, she created a record passage time of 73 days, London - Lyttelton [66 days 'land to land'] which stood for many years. After twenty-two round trips to New Zealand, she was sold to Russian owners in 1896 and renamed Valkyrian. Thereafter relegated to cargo only, she left Newcastle, New South Wales, bound for Iquique, Chile, with a full cargo of coal sometime in 1899 but disappeared at sea and was never seen again.
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 4727116 (sale 4041, lot 418, London, 25 May 2006)

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