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  2. Cutty Sark - Wikipedia

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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.

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  4. Cutty Sark (yacht) - Wikipedia

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    On the outbreak of war in September 1939 the Cutty Sark was requisitioned by the Admiralty, still captained by Cdr Mack, and sent to Thorneycroft's at Southampton to be fitted out and armed as an Anti-Submarine vessel. Armament included a 4 in gun, a 2-pounder AA, two 0.5 in AAs, two 0.5 in MGs, and some depth charge racks.

  5. File:Cutty Sark Frontage, Greenwich.jpg - Wikipedia

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  6. List of clipper ships - Wikipedia

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    Cutty Sark: 1869 United Kingdom : Museum ship (Greenwich, UK) 280 ft (85 m) Glory of the Seas — 1869 United States (East Boston, MA) Scrapped in 1923 250 feet (76.2 m) The last merchant sailing vessel built by Donald McKay Miako — 1869 United Kingdom (Sunderland) Unlisted in 1912 160.1 ft (48.8 m) Norman Court: 1869 United Kingdom

  7. Memories of Cutty Sark sought by historians - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. Clipper route - Wikipedia

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    Cutty Sark made it in 84 days and Thermopylae in 77 days. [12] In 1854–1855, Lightning made the longer passage from Melbourne to Liverpool in 65 days, completing a circumnavigation of the world in 5 months, 9 days, which included 20 days spent in port.

  9. Saro Cutty Sark - Wikipedia

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    The Cutty Sark was a shoulder-winged four-seat amphibian monoplane with an all-metal hull and plywood covered wings. The above-wing pylon-mounted engines could easily be changed, and a variety of different engines were used to power the type, including 104 hp Cirrus Hermes Mk 1s and 120 hp de Havilland Gipsy IIs.