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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.
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]
On October 6, 1885, the Cutty Sark was the first to load wool in Sydney and sail south. Soon the Thermopylae began to overtake her. 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 ...
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 Cutty Sark; Last of A Glorious Era, Introduction by the Duke of Edinburgh (1953 Hodder and Stoughton) The Way of a Ship (1953 Charles Scribner's Sons) Sailing Eagle (1955 Charles Scribner's Sons) Pioneers of the Seven Seas (1956 Routledge & Paul) Posted Missing (1956 Charles Scribner's Sons, ISBN 0-684-13871-9) Wild Ocean (1957 McGraw Hill)
Over one half of the crew of each ship participating in the races must consist of young people. 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.
A bottle of Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky and its box with the drawing by Carl Wallin on the label. Cutty Sark under sail. Wallin's debut was in the early 1940s, when Broström Lines announced a competition for promotional picture of the school ship Albatross.
Cutty Sark in a photograph sometimes credited to Woodget. Richard Woodget (21 November 1845 – 5/6 March 1928) [1] was an English sea captain, best known as the master of the famous sailing clipper Cutty Sark during her most successful period of service in the wool trade between Australia and the United Kingdom.