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Pyro was equally active in the tooling of full-hull intermediate-scale ship kits, listing twelve in its 1967 catalog. [4] Retailing at $1.00 to $1.25, these kits proved quite popular, and included the Cutty Sark, HMS Bounty, USS Constellation, Chinese War Junk, Gloucester Fisherman, and English Revenge. [13]
Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes.
Another test is to look at the "what links here" - if you move an article, you should make all the links point to the correct place. Also note that the garment article should be lowercased, since it's not a proper name, so one way to finesse is to use "Cutty Sark" for the ship and "cutty sark" for the garment. Stan 17:26, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
High Planes Models (Australia/Singapore) - Australian Company moved to Singapore after sale. Aircraft kits and accessories. JAYS Model Kits [9] (New Zealand) Aircraft Kits mostly formerly Ventura. Kiwi Wings [9] (New Zealand) - Aircraft Kits part of JAYS Model Kits; Kora Models (Czech Republic) Legato [5] (Czech Republic) - brand of AZ Model ...
An extreme composite clipper ship built by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London for the White Star Line of Aberdeen. Windhover — 1868 United Kingdom (Glasgow) Wrecked in 1889 201.1 ft (61.3 m) Ambassador: 1869 United Kingdom (London) Abandoned in 1895 176 ft (54 m) Cutty Sark: 1869 United Kingdom
The younger Jock Willis (1817–1899), himself a ship master, took over his father's firm of ship owners. Also known as 'White Hat Willis', it was during his time that the company built and owned clippers like Cutty Sark. [6] The other sons, too, joined the company in various capacities – either sailing on their ships or working in their offices.
Between 1973 and 2003 the races were known as The Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races, having been sponsored by Cutty Sark whisky. From 2004 to 2010 the races were supported by the City, Province and Port of Antwerp. The sponsor of the Tall Ships Races 2010–2014 was the city of Szczecin. [1]
A race ensued between the two "hounds of the seas". Moving south of New Zealand, the Cutty Sark nearly capsized. The big test for sailing ships was to pass Cape Horn, [3] which the Cutty Sark rounded after 23 days of sailing. The ship headed for London, covering approximately 300 miles a day. As a result, the Cutty Sark set the Sydney-London ...
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