Insurance market located in London, founded in 1686 by Edward Lloyd to provide marine insurance. Its multiple syndicates now handle a wide range of insurance.
An extreme composite clipper ship designed by Bernard Waymouth of London and built by Walter Hood & Co. in 1868. She measured 212’0” x 36’0” x 20’9” and tonnage 991 GRT, 948 NRT, and 927 tons under deck. The under-deck coefficient was 0,58. Rigged with royal sails, single topgallant, and double top-sales. She was sunk by gunfire and torpedoes by units of the Portuguese Navy at sea off the Tagus in 1907.
Originally built in 1868, the clipper Thermopylae was sold to Portugal in 1985, and renamed Pedro Nunes. In 1903, she was acquired by the Portuguese Navy for use as a training ship. She was sunk with full naval honours of the coast of Cascais, Portugal in 1907.
A regional passenger and air freight service based in Winnipeg. Formed by James A. Richardson in 1926, merged into Canadian Airways in 1930. It was absorbed by Canadian Pacific Airlines in 1942.
Composite full rigged ship, 852 net registered tons. In 1886, he participated in a celebrated race against the clipper Taeping to bring the first cargo of tea of the season to London from Foochow China. She foundered, probably south of Australia, in 1872.