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Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark. The last and most famous full-rigged tea clipper, launched in 1869 from Dumbarton (the figurehead's ‘cutty sark’=short chemise). Steamers using the recently opened Suez canal proved too competitive, but she plied the Australian wool trade until 1895. Now restored and rerigged, she lies at Greenwich.
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JOHN CANNON. "Cutty Sark." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Cutty Sark." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CuttySark.html JOHN CANNON. "Cutty Sark." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CuttySark.html |
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Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark The last and most famous tea clipper, launched in 1869 from Dumbarton (the figurehead's‘cutty sark’ = short chemise). She plied the Australian wool trade until 1895. Now restored, she lies at Greenwich.
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JOHN CANNON. "Cutty Sark." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Cutty Sark." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CuttySark.html JOHN CANNON. "Cutty Sark." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CuttySark.html |
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