Squeegee's Ps_21 shows the British Iron Ship 'Claverdon'. Here is Lubbock
on the Claverdon. Last of the Windjammers was first published in 1927.

"Claverdon" and " Milverton."

Coupland's Alexandra is best remembered under the name of Claverdon, and the
ownership of F. & A. Nodin. This firm also ran the Milverton, of 2141 tons,
built at Southampton in 1886.

The Claverdon can hardly be called a flyer but the Milverton made some very
fair passages, such as 89 days from Melbourne to London, and 24 days from
Yokohama to Tacoma. She crossed a main skysail in her early days, under
Captain C. A. Adams, and though she carried 3500 tons of deadweight she kept
free of the overdue list.

Claverdon, I fear, was not so lucky. In 1902 she arrived in San Francisco
Bay 218 days out from Cuxhaven. She failed to weather the Horn, and after
she had been swept by a huge greybeard which drowned five of her crew and
injured nine of them, her captain turned tail and made his passage via
Australia; 65 guineas were paid on the Claverdon on this occasion.

A few years before, in 1899, she was 177 days from Swansea to San Francisco.
I believe it was on this occasion that she was spoken by the French ship
Touraine when 900 miles to the westward of 'Frisco. From this position the
Touraine got in in less than a week but the Claverdon took 44 days.

In 1893, when under Captain Kelway, the Claverdon had a very exciting and
nerve-racking passage home from the Golden Gate. Leaving San Francisco on
February 7, the big full-rigger was discovered to be leaking badly when only
two days out. On the other side of the Horn, she found herself held up by
the terrific ice fields of that year and was navigating through ice for 654
miles. At times the ice cliffs, which were 1000 feet and more in height,
were so close aboard that the more timid members of the crew were afraid to
stay on deck.

The Claverdon arrived in Falmouth towards the end of June, and lay to her
anchors in Carrick Roads for six months before discharging at Havre, where
it was found that over 500 tons of the cargo had been spoilt by the leak.

The Milverton was bought by Finns in 1914; she survived the war and was only
broken up at Sunderland in July, 1925.

The Claverdon was still under British ownership, namely G. Gordon & Co.,
when the war broke out. She is still afloat under Italian ownership and the
name of Albertstella.