that Cutty Sark enjoyed her finest hours. From 1885-95, he made her the queen of the Cape Horn wool race. Again and again she made the quickest passage, beating her old rival, Thermopylae ...

Britannia's log that night read: "Sailing ship overhauled and passed us!" Cutty Sark also gained revenge over Thermopylae, beating her by 15 days in a race from Australia. But a new generation of ...

Britannia's log that night read: "Sailing ship overhauled and passed us!" Cutty Sark also gained revenge over Thermopylae, beating her by 15 days in a race from Australia. But a new generation of ...

The Cutty Sark's great rival was a ship called Thermopylae, with a more conventional bow shape. It was said that the Thermopylae was faster in light winds, and the Cutty Sark in strong winds. In a ...

On a grey October day 150 years ago, an elegant, three masted, square rigged, clipper ship, with her distinctive green painted hull, the Thermopylae, slipped into her berth in London, a full seven ...

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In Tam O'Shanter, Nannie Dee's lack of clothing saw her nicknamed Cutty-sark, which inspired the name of what is perhaps Britain's most famous ship. Nannie has long been the figurehead of the ...

The original shipbuilder's half hull model of the famous tea clipper Thermopylae, the fastest sailing ship in the world at her peak and faster than the Cutty Sark, has been unveiled at Aberdeen ...

The Cutty Sark was devastated by fire in May 2007 but a £50 million ($81 million) restoration project has seen the historic vessel returned to its previous majestic glory. The 143-year-old vessel ...

Seventy years after Cutty Sark made its final voyage, historians are now looking to hear from anyone who remembers the day it was towed into its final location. The British tea clipper ship was ...