To the left is a rare painting of the Smyrna, through our research to date perhaps the only painting of the Clippership Smyrna in existance. This example here is courtesy of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums collections sourced by Dave Wendes. Smyrna was competed in Oct 1876 and launched as a wool clipper for the Australian trading market. Her best voyage was in 1886 when she left Sydney on the 18th January and reached London on the 30th April, a voyage lasting 96 days! The wreck is certainly one of the classic dives of the English Channel and one of the only finest examples of a Clipper that we know off.

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