Cutty Sark

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Cutty Sark is a famous 19th-century British clipper ship preserved as a museum ship and historic landmark in London.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf clipper ship
historic ship
museum ship
acquiredAsTrainingShip 1922
beam about 11 metres
builder Dumbarton
Scott & Linton
category Grade I listed museum ships
museum ships in London
tall ships
tea clippers
country United Kingdom
designer Hercules Linton
draught about 6.4 metres
fireIncident 2007 Cutty Sark fire
flag United Kingdom
function naval training ship
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
National Historic Fleet
inception 1869
launchDate 1869
length about 85 metres overall
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Royal Borough of Greenwich
location England
Greenwich
London
United Kingdom
materialUsed iron frame
wooden hull planking
namedAfter short chemise in Robert Burns poem "Tam o' Shanter"
openedToPublic 1957
operator Cutty Sark Trust
originalUse tea clipper
owner Cutty Sark Trust
partOf Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site
portOfRegistry London
propulsion sail
restoration major restoration completed 2012
retiredFromCommercialService early 20th century
rigging full-rigged ship
serviceEntry 1870
status museum ship
tourist attraction
subsequentUse wool trade ship
tonnage about 963 GRT
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Maritime Greenwich
visitorFacility exhibition galleries
interpretive displays


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