Note 214 — Chapter XIV

This passage of the Thermopylæ, was eight days quicker than those of the Ariel, Taeping, and Serica, in the great race of 1866[215], and six days quicker than the Ariel and Spindrift in 1868; the nearest competitor was the Titania in 1871. By her log (see Appendix No. 9, pp. 613-17) the Thermopylæ, in one day of twenty-four hours, made a run of 330 nautical miles (about 380 statute miles), see log, 3rd January 1870; or at the average rate of close upon 16 statute miles per hour!!