Sea Witch sailed from Gravesend to Shanghai in 95 days.

The first ship to load tea was "the barque Sea Witch, commanded by Captain Reynell of Waterwitch fame.

"[1] Astarte, an 1846 brig of 328 tons finished close behind the Oriental, which made a passage from Anjer to West India docks in 97 days.

"This the first of the international tea races, over-shadowed every other event in China in 1850. ; at the end of the sixties Taylor & Co sold the Sea Witch to Captain R. Mc Cully, who took her into the South American trade.

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