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From: E.Finch.< >
Subject: Re: [TSL] Info on ship Whirlwind
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 11:01:09 +0000


Hello Garry,

I don't have much information on this ship, but she was 1,003 registered
tons, builders J.O.Curtis of Medford, Mass, USA, built in 1853 for the Black
Ball Line. [The Colonial Clippers by Basil Lubbock]
There is a website for the Black Ball Line at -

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jsnelson/blacball.html

There is also a site on Clippers to Australia at -

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jsnelson/clippers.html

Try the Australian Maritime Museum at Sydney for pictures, they have a
website at -

http://www.anmm.gov.au

regards
Ted

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