To: C19fan
A wooden steam frigate, fast for its time, served in the Mediterranean & Baltic until 1869.
4 posted on
10/02/2018 7:59:24 AM PDT by
BroJoeK
((a little historical perspective...))
To: BroJoeK
I was reading the Wikipedia entry the frigate took 11 days to cross the Atlantic when the Blue Riband holder for fastest crossing was 9 days and 16 hours.
6 posted on
10/02/2018 8:40:34 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: BroJoeK; C19fan
So, a 19th century hybrid.
7 posted on
10/02/2018 8:55:12 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
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