She was employed in the China tea trade. Captain George Frederick Thomson was given command of the vessel.
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In 1865 she sailed from London to
Kanagawa, Japan, in 171 days.
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In 1868 the former first officer Mogens Christian Borup became Captain.
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She never made any passages either out or home in less that 119 days although she did go from
Singapore to
Boston in 91 days in the spring of 1870.
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On 27 July 1870 she was run into and sunk off
Lizard Point in the
English Channel by the American Ship Liverpool. She sank in only a few minutes after the collision. Her crew numbered 18 at the time of the accident and 13 were rescued by the Liverpool after jumping overboard. Those who drowned were the Master, Captain Borup, two able seamen, James McDonald and William Franks, and two boys, Samuel Ariell and James Fraiser.
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