Cutty Sark at Greenwich - her bottom is coppered to prevent marine worms and barnacles

I have not visited the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, since the early 2000s - not before its restoration or the disastrous fire which nearly destroyed it during that restoration.

See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark

Named after the short shirt worn by the fast-moving witch in the poem Tam O'Shanter by Robert Burns, her wooden figurehead still clutches the (real) grey tail of a horse which she was supposed to have pulled from Tam O'Shanter's mount as he escaped her.

Launched in Scotland in 1869, she was first a tea clipper to China and later a wool clipper to Australia and is probably the last survivor of her class. Sold to Portuguese owners when she became unprofitable, she was recognised in 1922 and was bought back to Britain to become first a training ship and later a museum ship.

In service she displaced 2,100 tons, was 212 feet long at the waterline and had a top speed of 17.5 knots under sail.

By coincidence, her last English captain, Richard Woodget, is buried near my home in Burnham Norton, Norfolk.

Taken on: April 22, 2023

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