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CUTTY SARK, 1935 From its launch in 1869 until 1877 it sailed on the tea trade between Britain (London) and China.
Thereafter, the Cutty Sark was forced to change its mission due to competition from the steamships, which could take the faster route to the Orient through the Suez Canal, which began to be used in 1867 and was instead deployed to carry wool from Australia to England, a distance that the Cutty Sark covered in a then improbably fast 73 days, until 1895.
Thereafter, however, profits began to decline and the ship was sold to a Portuguese shipowner. She then served as a cargo ship between Portugal and its colonies, including South America, for almost 25 years.
In bad weather in 1916, the rigging was damaged, and as suitable timber was not available due to the war, she was re-rigged as a schooner.
In 1922 an English captain saw the ship, which by then had more or less fallen into disrepair. In his youthful days as a sailor, the captain had seen the mighty ship under full sail and dreamed of restoring her to her former glory.
She changed hands, but he paid the new Portuguese owner for the ship, which was then sailed back to England and began to be renovated.
In 1938 she was sold again to serve as a training ship for young boys to become officers, until 1953, when she was donated to the Cutty Sark Fund.
The ship then became a museum ship and was declared open to the public in 1957 in a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth.
Thereafter, the Cutty Sark was forced to change its mission due to competition from the steamships, which could take the faster route to the Orient through the Suez Canal, which began to be used in 1867 and was instead deployed to carry wool from Australia to England, a distance that the Cutty Sark covered in a then improbably fast 73 days, until 1895.
Thereafter, however, profits began to decline and the ship was sold to a Portuguese shipowner. She then served as a cargo ship between Portugal and its colonies, including South America, for almost 25 years.
In bad weather in 1916, the rigging was damaged, and as suitable timber was not available due to the war, she was re-rigged as a schooner.
In 1922 an English captain saw the ship, which by then had more or less fallen into disrepair. In his youthful days as a sailor, the captain had seen the mighty ship under full sail and dreamed of restoring her to her former glory.
She changed hands, but he paid the new Portuguese owner for the ship, which was then sailed back to England and began to be renovated.
In 1938 she was sold again to serve as a training ship for young boys to become officers, until 1953, when she was donated to the Cutty Sark Fund.
The ship then became a museum ship and was declared open to the public in 1957 in a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth.
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