The world's oldest surviving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Clipper">clipper</a> ship, the <i id="mwmQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Adelaide_(1864)" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="City of Adelaide (1864)">City of Adelaide</a></i> is launched by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pile_(shipbuilder)" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Pile (shipbuilder)">William Pile, Hay and Co.</a> in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.