A model of the Thermopylae (1868).

Repro ID: D2867_1

Description: A full hull model (scale 1:96) of the cargo clipper ‘Thermopylae’ (1868). She was built in Aberdeen for Thompson’s White Star Line, and served in the China tea trade until 1881. Her return voyage to London from Shanghai in 1872 was notable for the legendary race with the ‘Cutty Sark’. She was sold to the Portuguese government in 1895 and sunk in a naval exercise in 1907.

Creator: I. W. Marsh

Date: 20th century

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London