The intriguing history of the Cutty Sark’s name

What is a Clipper ship? The Word to “Clip” comes from the meaning to run or swiftly fly. 17th Century English poet Dryden used the word to

The tea clippers where the legends of the day, Thermopylae was a clipper ship owned by Walter Hood of the White Star Line. The ship

They would be paid  £17- £21 a ton to build Cutty Sark’s max weight of 950 Tons. The contract meant it had to be built in

The Incredible Restoration of the Cutty Sark Since 1954 the Cutty Sark had been sitting in a dry dock in Greenwich, bow facing out towards

The story of Murder on the Cutty Sark Captain Wallace chief mate, was a man known by the name Sidney Smith, also to become known

Frederick Hellyer was commissioned by Willis to carve the figurehead females on either side of the Bow of the Cutty Sark. It was expensive; it