What was the main cargo carried by the clipper Cutty Sark
"days; ""Sir Launcelot"", 102 days; Leander, 103 days; ""Thermopylae"", 106 days."" ""In 1871 the ""Titania"" won in 93 days; the ""Lahloo"", 111 days, from Foo-chow to London; and from Shanghai to London the ""Thermopylae"" was 106 days; ""Cutty Sark"", 110 days, and ""Forward Ho"", 118 days. This was about the last of the tea clipper racing, for the combined competition of steam and the Suez Canal proved too powerful for sail. No more tea clippers were built after 1869; by degrees these beautiful vessels were driven into other trades; and so the Clipper Ship Era drifted into history."" According to"
"By 1954, she had ceased to be useful as a cadet ship and was transferred to permanent dry dock at Greenwich, London, for public display. ""Cutty Sark"" is listed by National Historic Ships as part of the National Historic Fleet (the nautical equivalent of a Grade 1 Listed Building). She is one of only three remaining original composite construction (wooden hull on an iron frame) clipper ships from the nineteenth century in part or whole, the others being the , which arrived in Port Adelaide, South Australia on 3 February 2014 for preservation, and the beached skeleton of ""Ambassador"" of"
"of large passenger iron ships in the 1840s. In 1835 the Clyde produced only 5 per cent of the ship tonnage built in Britain. The transition from wooden to iron ships was an uneven one, with wooden ships still cheaper to build until around 1850 and the material continued to be used until the 1860s in ships with composite hulls, like the clipper the ""Cutty Sark"", which was launched from Dumbarton in 1869. Cost also delayed the transition from iron to steel shipbuilding and as late as 1879 only 18,000 tons of steel-built shipping was launched on the Clyde, 10"
"external timbers were secured by Muntz metal (brass) bolts to the internal iron frame and the hull covered by Muntz sheeting up to the depth mark. The stem () and sternpost () were of teak while the rudder was of English oak. The keel was replaced in the 1920s with one constructed from pitch pine. The deck was made of thick teak while the 'tween deck was yellow pine. Her length was with a draft of and a deadweight of 921 tons. The maximum logged speed for ""Cutty Sark"" was . The speed of a sailing ship is not so"
"operate on guaranteed timetables and make use of the shorter route through the canal, which was unsuitable for sailing ships. However, steamers had the disadvantage of having to purchase coal for the journey and to carry coal, reducing the space available for cargo. A number of ship owners therefore still believed there was a place for good sailing ships, and these continued in profitable service for many years. In 1869 Jock Willis, junior (son of Jock Willis, senior, founder of the company) had commissioned another clipper, ""Cutty Sark"", which was a composite design (timber hull on iron frame). He now"
"Scottish Navy possessed just three ships: The Royal William, The Royal Mary, and Dumbarton Castle. The Great Michael was launched in 1511. She weighed 1,000 tons, was 240 feet (73 m) in length, was manned by 1,000 seamen and 120 gunners and was then the largest ship in Europe (according to the chronicler Lindsay of Pitscottie). She had Sir Andrew Wood as quartermaster and Robert Barton as skipper. The ship was sold to France in 1514. The ""Cutty Sark"" was a clipper ship built in 1869 in Dumbarton, Scotland, to carry 600 tons of cargo. She raced the ""Thermopylae"" and"
"Moore, previously of ""Blackadder"". In December 1883, ""Cutty Sark"" departed Newcastle, New South Wales with 4,289 bales of wool and 12 casks of tallow, arriving in London in just 83 days. This was 25 days faster than her nearest rival that year and heralded the start of a new career taking Australian wool to Britain in time for the January wool sales. In 1885 Richard Woodget was appointed captain on a salary of £186 per year and continued to improve on the fastest trip record, achieving 77 days on his first outward trip and 73 days returning to Britain from"
"Richard Woodget Richard Woodget (21 November 1845 – 6 March 1928) was an English sea captain, best known as the master of the famous sailing clipper ""Cutty Sark"" during her most successful period of service in the wool trade between Australia and the United Kingdom. Richard Woodget was the son of a farmer in Burnham Norton, Norfolk who first went to sea in the coasters plying the waters of the east coast of Britain. In 1868 he received his master's certificate at South Shields. In 1881 Jock Willis made him master of the old ship ""Coldstream"", and in 1885 he"
"episode ""The Gang Runs for Office"". Cutty Sark (whisky) Cutty Sark is a range of blended Scotch whisky produced by Edrington plc of Glasgow, whose main office is less than ten miles from the birthplace of the famous clipper ship of the same name. The whisky was created on 23 March 1923 as a product of Berry Bros. & Rudd, with the home of the blend considered to be at The Glenrothes distillery in the Speyside region of Scotland. The name comes from the River Clyde–built clipper ship ""Cutty Sark"", whose name came from the Scots language term ""cutty-sark"", the"
"be fitted out and armed as an Anti-Submarine vessel. Armament included a 4 in gun, a 2-pounder AA, two 0.5 in AAs, two 0.5 in MGs, and some depth charge racks. Most of her peacetime equipment was put into store at Thorneycroft's. In 1940 she was converted into a submarine tender and attached to the 3rd Submarine Flotilla. She was manned by the Royal Naval Patrol Service. She was paid off on 23 August 1944. The Duke of Westminster sold the ""Cutty Sark"" to Cdr Mack in 1941, so at that stage he owned the warship he commanded. The ship"
"""Cutty Sark"" made the fastest passage on this route by a clipper, in 72 days. ""Thermopylae"" made the slightly shorter passage from London to Melbourne, , in just 61 days in 1868–69. The following map traces the outbound route of the 1874 voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia, of the clipper ship ""City of Adelaide"", which today is the world's oldest surviving clipper ship. The latitudes and longitudes are obtained from the surviving diary of 21-year-old passenger James McLauchlan. The return passage continued east from Australia; ships stopping at Wellington would pass through the Cook Strait, but otherwise this"
"In 1872, ""Thermopylae"" raced the clipper ""Cutty Sark"" from Shanghai back to London. ""Thermopylae"" won by seven days after ""Cutty Sark"" lost her rudder. From 1882 onward, ""Thermopylae"" took part in the Australian wool trade; however, on this route ""Cutty Sark"" proved faster. In 1897 she was sold to Portugal for use as a naval training ship and renamed ""Pedro Nunes"". On 13 October 1907, the Portuguese Navy towed her down the Tagus river using two warships, and before Amelia de Orleans, Queen of Portugal, she was torpedoed with full naval honours off Cascais. Thermopylae (clipper) Thermopylae was an extreme"
"other clippers in the tea trade from China and later in the wool trade from Australia. She was capable of sailing at over . Built as a full rigged ship, she spent her final trading years as a barquentine. She was dismasted in 1916 but restored in 1922 then used as a training ship. ""Cutty Sark"" was taken over by a preservation society in 1952 and moved to Greenwich. In 2007 she was damaged by fire during restoration work but is to be repaired. RMS ""Queen Mary"" was built in 1936 by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland for"
"Laycock had envisioned his own private clipper ship, a 3/4 sized version of the Cutty Sark. He drew up some basic outline plans, and handed them over to Mr. W. C. Storey, who produced detailed plans for both the yacht, and it's auxiliary power unit. The design had its critics, however once built, she was found to have excellent sailing qualities. She is believed by many to have been the finest example of a steam auxiliary ever built. Launched from the Victoria Shipyard on 20 October 1892. At 1,218 tons gross, she sailed for Southampton for fitting out. She was"
"Cutty Sark (whisky) Cutty Sark is a range of blended Scotch whisky produced by Edrington plc of Glasgow, whose main office is less than ten miles from the birthplace of the famous clipper ship of the same name. The whisky was created on 23 March 1923 as a product of Berry Bros. & Rudd, with the home of the blend considered to be at The Glenrothes distillery in the Speyside region of Scotland. The name comes from the River Clyde–built clipper ship ""Cutty Sark"", whose name came from the Scots language term ""cutty-sark"", the short shirt [skirt] prominently mentioned in"
"shipbuilding and remained so well into the 20th century. There were many shipbuilding yards, although a number of them were later absorbed by larger yards. A great many ships were built in the town, the most famous of which is probably the ""Cutty Sark"" which was built by Scott & Linton, she was one of the final Tea Clippers to be built, and one of the fastest. The ship is the last survivor of its type and can be seen today at dry dock in Greenwich, London. The last major Dumbarton shipyard was William Denny and Brothers which closed in"
"returned from Shanghai with ""the most valuable cargo of tea and silk ever to be laden in one bottom."" The competition among the clippers was public and fierce, with their times recorded in the newspapers. The ships had low expected lifetimes and rarely outlasted two decades of use before they were broken up for salvage. Given their speed and maneuverability, clippers frequently mounted cannon or carronade and were often employed as pirate vessels, privateers, smuggling vessels, and in interdiction service. During the 18th century, ships carrying cargo, passengers and mail between Europe and America would sail only when they were"
"Jock Willis Shipping Line John Willis & Sons of London, also called the Jock Willis Shipping Line, was a nineteenth century London based ship owning firm. It owned a number of clippers including the historic tea clipper ""Cutty Sark"". The company was founded in London by John 'Jock' Willis (1791-1862), a ship captain (nicknamed 'Old Stormy Willis'). Jock Willis had joined ships sailing along the British coast after having run away from his home at Eyemouth, Berwickshire when he was 14 years old. During one of his sailing voyages to London, he found employment at a pub frequented by seafarers"
"temporarily moved first for a refit and then to take part in the Festival of Britain at Deptford. On 30 January 1952, the 800-ton tanker collided with ""Cutty Sark""s bow in the Thames. The two ships were locked together after the collision which forced ""Cutty Sark""s jib boom into ""Worcester""s fo'c's'le rails, snapping the boom before scraping along ""Worcester""s starboard side. ""Cutty Sark""s figurehead lost an arm in the process. ""Cutty Sark"" was anchored and towed to the Shadwell Basin where repairs were carried out by Green & Silley Weir Ltd. The damaged arm was recovered at Grays Thurrock and"
"over a long journey was about . The typical clipper carried high value, large volume cargo and normally carried only about six passengers. They competed with the paddle steamers on the shorter Panama, Nicaragua, and Mexican routes. Because of their shorter runs these paddle steamers were faster but much more costly to run and typically only took high value cargo like passengers, mail and gold shipments. Clippers averaged about 120 days passage on the about trip between East Coast cities and San Francisco—about 80 days faster travel than the conventional sailing ships. In 1845 the ""Rainbow"", 757 tons OM, the"
"on the outward journey ""Cutty Sark"" set a record time of 73 days from London to Sydney. In November 1877 the ship was anchored off Deal in the English Channel along with sixty other vessels, waiting out a great storm. The anchor failed to hold and ""Cutty Sark"" was blown through the ships, damaging two others before grounding on a mud bank. Fortunately she was pulled clear by the tug ""Macgregor"" before too much damage was caused and she was towed to the Thames for repairs. In December 1877 the ship sailed from London to Sydney, where she took on"
"decades of use before they were broken up for salvage. Given their speed and maneuverability, clippers frequently mounted cannon or carronade and were often employed as pirate vessels, privateers, smuggling vessels, and in interdiction service. During the 18th century, ships carrying cargo, passengers and mail between Europe and America would sail only when they were full, but in the early 19th century, as trade with America became more common, schedule regularity became a valuable service. Starting in 1818, ships of the Black Ball Line began regularly scheduled trips between Britain and America. These ""packet ships"" (named for their delivery of"
"companies, e.g., lumber, coal, guano or grain (60,000 sacks on ""Pamir""). Cargoes were carried from remote ports, with fuel and water unavailable, such as Australia (carrying wool or grain), remote Pacific islands (guano) and South America (nitrates). The windjammers usually followed the clipper route around the world, ideally carrying different cargoes on each leg of their route, but most frequently sailing in ballast. The last leg from Australia to Europe, where the cargo was wheat or barley, became the source of The Great Grain Races as the ships' masters attempted to sail the leg as fast as possible, essentially only"
"vessels and there was a surplus of such wooden vessels, which included the 1473-ton, 50-gun ""Worcester"". She had various berths before finally moving in 1871 to what became a base forever associated with the ""Worcester"" – the village of Greenhithe, where successive ships remained until the 1970s. The clipper ""Cutty Sark"" was given to the College in 1938, and was used as a 'boating station' moored off the Greenhithe estate. However, during the war years, the College was evacuated to nearby Foots Cray Place. The ""Worcester"" was used as a training base by the Royal Navy but by 1945 the"
"involvement in a shipyard accident. Cash flow problems were such that all work in the Scott & Linton yard was suspended in the first week of September. Rather than apply for the company to be liquidated, the creditors met and decided to complete some or all of the outstanding contracts and a financial agreement was reached with William Denny & Bros to complete the ships. ""Cutty Sark"" was eventually launched on 22 November 1869, nearly five months late, by Captain Moodie’s wife. ""Cutty Sark"" was then moved to Denny's yard on the other side of the River Leven to have"
"Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich DLR station Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank-Lewisham Line in Greenwich, south-east London, so named for its proximity to the Cutty Sark in the Maritime Greenwich district. It is the most central of the Greenwich DLR stations, being situated in Greenwich Town Centre. The northernmost of the Greenwich DLR stations, Cutty Sark is located in the Maritime Greenwich district of south-eastern London. Its name comes from the clipper ship named Cutty Sark which is housed 200 metres to the north of the station; in"
"to a minimum and rigs were often reduced to barque so that a smaller crew was needed. ""Cutty Sark""s well known race against ""Thermopylae"" took place in 1872, the two ships leaving Shanghai together on 18 June. Two weeks later ""Cutty Sark"" had built up a lead of some , but then lost her rudder in a heavy gale after passing through the Sunda Strait. John Willis's brother was on board the ship and ordered Moodie to put into Cape Town for repairs. Moodie refused, and instead the ship's carpenter Henry Henderson constructed a new rudder from spare timbers and"
"The story contains elements of real events. In 1880, the chief mate of the British clipper ship ""Cutty Sark"" killed another crew member for insolence during a storm and was later arrested in London for his murder. Conrad also drew on his own time as captain of the ""Otago"", when his first mate did not trust him and got a particular scare when Conrad maneuvered the ship dangerously close to rocks in the Gulf of Siam. Official site for ""Secret Sharer"", released in the UK on 27 June 2014: The Secret Sharer ""The Secret Sharer"" is a short story by"
"Admiralty provided the college with HMS ""Frederick William"" (originally laid down as ""Royal Frederick""), a line-of-battle ship of 86 guns with screw propulsion. She was renamed ""Worcester"" and refitted in the Victoria Docks before being brought to Greenhithe in 1876. About this time the name of the school was changed to the Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College, HMS ""Worcester"" (ITNTC). In 1938, the clipper ""Cutty Sark"" was acquired by the college and berthed alongside ""Worcester"" and during the Second World War some seamanship classes were held in the ship. In 1954 the ""Cutty Sark"" left Greenhithe to be docked permanently"
"iron. This took six days, working in gales and heavy seas which meant the men were tossed about as they worked and the brazier used to heat the metal for working was spilled out, burning the captain's son. The ship finally arrived in London on 18 October a week after ""Thermopylae"", a total passage of 122 days. The captain and crew were commended for their performance and Henderson received a £50 bonus for his work. This was the closest ""Cutty Sark"" came to being first ship home but it was Moodie's last trip as her captain before he transferred to"
"for a sailing ship. In 1895 Jock Willis sold ""Cutty Sark"" to the Portuguese firm Joaquim Antunes Ferreira for £1,250. She was renamed ""Ferreira"" after the firm. Her crews referred to her as ""Pequena Camisola"" (""little shirt"", a straight translation of the Scots ""cutty sark""). The ship traded various cargoes between Portugal, Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, Mozambique, Angola, and Britain. In May 1916 she was dismasted off the Cape of Good Hope because of the rolling of the ship in bad weather and had to be towed into Table Bay off Cape Town. Because of World War I, it"
"where she held the record time to Britain for ten years. Improvements in steam technology meant that gradually steamships also came to dominate the longer sailing route to Australia, and the ship was sold to the Portuguese company Ferreira and Co. in 1895 and renamed ""Ferreira"". She continued as a cargo ship until purchased in 1922 by retired sea captain Wilfred Dowman, who used her as a training ship operating from Falmouth, Cornwall. After his death, ""Cutty Sark"" was transferred to the Thames Nautical Training College, Greenhithe in 1938 where she became an auxiliary cadet training ship alongside HMS ""Worcester""."
"the first Dutch clipper. But in 1850 the barque ""Magdalena"" (377 ton) was built in Amsterdam, and in 1853 four more ships with clipper lines were launched, of which the iron ship ""California"" (663 ton) is the most famous. She was built by Fop Smit, commanded by F.C. Jaski for the company L. Bienfait & sn. On her maiden voyage Jaski sailed her in 86 days from The Downs to Port Adelaide, delivering a hundred satisfied English immigrants. The ""Kosmopoliet"" also carried cargo and passengers. She was full-rigged and carried royals and skysails on all three masts. Though a voyage"