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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.

  3. Tall Ships Races - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Great Tea Race of 1872 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. 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. [13]

  6. Maritime history of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The Cutty Sark was a clipper ship built in 1869 in Dumbarton, Scotland, to carry 600 tons of cargo. She raced the Thermopylae and other clippers in the tea trade from China and later in the wool trade from Australia. She was capable of sailing at over 17 knots (31 km/h). Built as a full-rigged ship, she spent her final trading years as a ...

  7. Tea race (competitions) - Wikipedia

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    Since 1870, Cutty Sark has been operated on the tea line, but the results shown are rated as average. The clipper's highest achievement was third place in the race 1871, when the Cutty Sark only let the legendary hounds ahead — « Titania » and « Thermopylae ».

  8. Memories of Cutty Sark sought by historians - AOL

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    Since Cutty Sark's arrival to Greenwich, it is thought that more than 17 million visitors have stepped aboard. Before it reached Greenwich, it was first towed to East India Docks where its ...

  9. 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