Name That Ship

stewey | 19:34 Fri 26th Jul 2013 | ChatterBank

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Any nautical types on here? Last evening, I posted a sort of a silly thread which included the picture of a sailing ship. It's quite a well known barque amongst sailing type people. Can anyone name it? Clue: Sir Arthur Guisness (the beer guy) once owned it. Just a little trivia...cheers.

http://i40.tinypic.com/29g1xly.jpg

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emmie

i looked it up, just curious, i won't post the name, someone probably knows it.

tonyav

Don't know what it was named, was it a clipper ?.

stewey

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Ahoy, emmie; yes, I think my clue was too "big'. It has an interesting history, doesn't it?

emmie

indeed.

stewey

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No, Tony, it's a barque, and still in service.

tonyav

So it is stewey, I should read a bit more carefully.

emmie

she is still fabulous.. i love sailing ships, they had some of the tall ships down on the Thames, for the Queens Diamond jubilee, they were beautiful, and majestic.

stewey

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You were thinking of one of the "tea" clipper ships?

emmie

i could post the link, but as said someone may know it.