This is a tea-clipper built by Scot and Linton Co. of England in 1869.
The Cutty Sark is the only extant tea-clipper. A tea clipper means a
high speed sailing ship that transported tea from China to Europe, and
all ships competed the transportation speed. The Cutty Sark was at its
full blast to crown the end of the era of sailing ships with perfection
in those days, but as the Suez Canal was completed and steamboats have
emerged, the change of times forced tea clippers to retire. The Cutty
Sark was sold to Portugal at one time, but returned to England in 1922,
and preserved and exhibited along the Thames since 1954. It was burnt
down by fire during the restoration work on decrepitude caused by long
open-air exhibition, but since most of the parts had been retained in
other locations, the restoration work is still in progress today.
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Sailship:Cutty Sark 01
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