by
National Maritime Museum, Arron Hewett, Louise Macfarlane
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Constructed on the Clyde in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, Cutty Sark was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest. Cutty Sark spent just a few years on the tea routes before the opening of the Suez Canal and the increasing use of steamships made clippers unprofitable...