Ambassador (clipper)
Ambassador | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Ambassador |
| Owner | W. Lund & Co |
| Builder | William Walker, Lavender Dry Dock, London |
| Launched | 1869 |
| Out of service | 1896 |
| Status |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Composite clipper |
| Tonnage | 692 GRT |
| Length | 176.0 ft (53.6 m) |
| Beam | 31.3 ft (9.5 m) |
| Depth | 19.1 ft (5.8 m) |
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Ambassador is a United Kingdom tea clipper built in 1869. She was a composite clipper, built with wooden planking over an iron skeleton and was W. Lund & Co's first tea clipper. She is now a beached wreck in southern Chile.
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