Leander (clipper)

Leander
History
United Kingdom
Owner	Joseph Somes, Merchant Shipping Co, London
Builder	J G Lawrie of Glasgow
Launched	1867
Acquired	R. Anderson of London, Ross & Company
Oman
Owner	Seyed Youssouf bin Ahmed Zuwawee
Acquired	1895
Renamed	Nusrool Mujeed
Fate	Broken up in 1901
General characteristics
Tonnage	886 GRT 848 NRT[1]
Length	215.5 ft (65.7 m)[1]
Beam	35.2 ft (10.7 m)[1]
Depth	20.7 ft (6.3 m)[1]
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship, re-rigged as barque in 1890s
Notes	British Reg. No. 56878. Signal, HSGM[2]

Leander was a composite built clipper ship. She was designed by Bernard Waymouth, and built in 1867 by J G Lawrie of Glasgow for Joseph Somes. She had a particularly extreme hull shape, with a coefficient of under-deck tonnage of 0.54, a very low figure. She was at her best in light winds and performed well to windward or in a head sea. Being somewhat tender if pressed in heavy weather, she had to carry so much ballast that she was down to her marks before being fully laden.^[1]

Before 1871, Leander sailed between London and the Far East (China) and later from China to New York City. She was in the tea trade until 1879. Re-rigged as a barque in the 1890s, the ship was sold to R. Anderson of London, then to Ross & Company. Her last owner was Seyed Youssouf bin Ahmed Zuwawee of Oman and was renamed Nusrool Mujeed in 1895 and broken up in 1901.

• Painting of tea clipper Leander by Jack Spurling