COPY PHOTOGRAPH: The tea clipper 'Norman Court' from a painting by J. Spurling.
Reproduced by Seven Seas Fine Arts (1945) Ltd. London.
Copy Photograph: The tea clipper 'Norman Court' from a painting by J. Spurling
This material is held atArchifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives
- Reference
- GB 221 WSM112
- Alternative Id.GB 221 WSM/129
- Dates of Creation
- [c. 1945]
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 item
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Norman Court was a composite built clipper ship, designed by William Rennie, measuring 197.4 ft x 33 ft x 20 ft, of 833.87 tons net. The ship was built in 1869 by A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow. On the night of 29 March 1883 in a strong gale she was driven ashore and wrecked in Cymyran Bay, between Rhoscolyn and Rhosneigr, Anglesey. All bar two of the crew were saved by lifeboats from nearby Holyhead. Andrew Shewan was captain of the Norman Court from her launch until he retired in ill-health in 1873, following an extraordinarily difficult passage from China. His son, also Andrew Shewan, who had previously sailed as first mate, became captain. It was this son Andrew Shewan who recounted many tales of the ship and of the clipper ships in his book Great Days of Sail: Reminiscences of a Tea Clipper Captain, published in 1926 when he could plausibly claim to be the last surviving tea clipper captain. He died in December 1927.
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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Cyflwr da /Good condition
Archivist's Note
Compiled by Amanda Sweet for Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Court
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