Cutty Sark II

1870 Tea Clipper
Wooden U.S. Sailing Ship Model

Construction: Teak Wood – Copper lined Hull – Cotton Sails and Rigging – Brass Cannons

Original Cutty Sark History:

The Cutty Sark was built by: Scott, Linton & Co., Dumbarton, Scotland; 1869

Cutty Sark was one of the last clippers built for the China tea trade. Captain John Willis of London, had her hull constructed with teak planking on iron frames.

Cutty Sark sailed a 16,000-mile journey in one hundred and nineteen days although she had lost her rudder in severe gales twice. Her crew built makeshift rudders and managed to bring her to safe harbor.

By 1878, most clippers had been replaced by steamships. But between 1883 and 1888 the Cutty Sark sailed from England to Australia with wool cargo through the Cape of Good Hope. In 1888 it did the trip in a record time of sixty-nine days. Speed was just as critical a factor for the wool trade as it had been with the tea trade.

In 1899 the Cutty Sark was sold to the Cia de Navegacao de Portugal and was renamed Maria di Amparo.

In 1922, Captain Wilfred Dowman purchased the ship and re-named her by her original famous name. The Cutty then became a full-rigged training ship at Falmouth.

In 1923 the London vintners Berry Bros. & Rudd, Ltd., named their blended Scotch whiskey Cutty Sark.

Eventually in 1954, she was opened as a museum at Greenwich.

Two years after the ship was opened to the public, Cutty Sark began their sponsorship of tall-ship races.

Cutty Sark Clipper II Description Model 1:
Length	Width	Height	Weight	Type	Nation	Year	Price
45	30	10		Clipper	USA	1869	$450

Cutty Sark Clipper II Description Model 2:
Length	Width	Height	Weight	Type	Nation	Year	Price
86	60	23		Clipper	USA	1869	$1000