Blackadder (clipper)
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Blackadder was a clipper ship, a sister ship to Hallowe'en, built in 1870 by Maudsley, Sons & Field at Greenwich for John Willis.
Blackadder was dismasted on her maiden voyage due to failures in the mast fittings and rigging. John Willis took legal action against the builders which dragged on to such an extent that her sister ship, Hallowe'en, was not handed over to Willis until nearly 18 months after her launch. After John Willis died in 1900, Blackadder was bought by J Aalborg of Kragero in Norway. On 5 November 1905 she was wrecked whilst on passage from Barry to Bahia loaded with coal.
| Clipper ships, designers & builders | |
|---|---|
| British-built clippers | |
| Ariel | Blackadder | Cutty Sark | Hallowe'en | Leander | Lothair | Norman Court | Sir Lancelot | Tayleur | Thermopylae | Tsaitsing | |
| American-built clippers | |
| Champion of the Seas | Flying Cloud | Lightning | |
| British designers and builders | |
| Hercules Linton | William Lithgow | Scott & Linton | |
| American designers and builders | |
| Donald McKay | |
