Maritime History

Experiment of Leith

Experiment of Leith was a catamaran engineered by the Scottish banker Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, to be used by the Swedish fleet in the Russo-Swedish War (1788-90). By the time the ship reached Stockholm the war was, however, already over.

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See also

• ▸1935 Atlantic hurricane season
• ▸Kanem–Bornu Empire
• ▸HMS Tartar (1801)

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