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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.
2007 – Cutty Sark, 19th-century clipper in dry dock as a museum ship in Greenwich, London, extensively damaged while undergoing restoration on May 21; 2011 – Nordlys, Norwegian cruise ship, September 15, two deaths [8] [9]
Cutty Sark; D. USS Dai Ching; USS Delaware (1820) ... Hibernia (1828 ship) 1900 Hoboken Docks fire; Holderness (1789 ship) Hornet (clipper) I. Japanese submarine I-185;
The Cutty Sark (a clipper ship) has been preserved in a dry dock by the river. A major fire in May 2007 destroyed a part of the ship, although much had already been removed for restoration. A major fire in May 2007 destroyed a part of the ship, although much had already been removed for restoration.
In 1826, he started his own ship owning company, registered in London. [4] 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]
Fire Date Probable cause Refs SS Normandie: 1942 sparks from a welding torch, during conversion to troopship MS Bergensfjord: 1980 fire broke out during reconstruction work [how?] [29] Cutty Sark: 2007 industrial vacuum cleaner was left on overnight and overheated; 24-hour firewatchers were absent and keeping false inspection logs [30] [31] USS ...
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
Seventy years after Cutty Sark made its final voyage, historians are now looking to hear from anyone who remembers the day it was towed into its final location. The British tea clipper ship was ...