Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship launched in 1869, built for the competitive China tea trade during the final years before steamships displaced sailing clippers on that route. She later carried wool from Australia, setting some of the fastest recorded passage times of any sailing ship, and she survives today as a preserved museum ship in Greenwich, England, one of the few surviving clipper ships in the world.
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SignificanceShe was one of the last tea clippers built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long era of clipper design before steamships took over the tea and wool trades. 1 Manufacturer or Builder Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Cutty Sark
Wikipediaopening paragraph, sentence 1 (build year and location clause)
Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest
Construction section, contract paragraph
A contract for Cutty Sark's construction was signed on 1 February 1869 with the firm of Scott & Linton, which had only been formed in May 1868.
opening paragraph, sentence 1 (tea-clipper standing clause)
she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes.
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