Cutty Sark

$850.00

Cutty Sark – Model Tall Ship

Dimensions: 125 L x 32 W x 110 H cm

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Cutty Sark – Model Tall Ship

Dimensions: 125 L x 32 W x 110 H cm

In 1869 John Willis, a shipowner and ship’s captain from London, commissioned the building of the clipper CUTTY SARK in order to beat the THERMOPYLAE (built one year before) in the “tea race”. The name CUTTY SARK is of Scottish origin and means “short shirt”. The figurehead is a witch called Nannie.

Under 1877 the full-rig ship sailed almost exclusively as a tea dipper on the China route and she frequently achieved speeds of up to 17 knots. Then from 1877 onwards the CUTTY SARK served mainly in the Australian wool trade.