Cutty Sark. The last of the tea clippers
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- Author(s) Kentley, Eric
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2019
- Pages 199pp; illus
- Publisher National Maritime Museum
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the building, voyages, ownership, etc, and associated contexts including the China tea trade, of the tea clipper 'Cutty Sark' [as well as its subsequent preservation at the National Maritime Museum]. Chapters include 'Building Cutty Sark'; 'Under the Red Ensign'; 'Under the Portuguese flag'. Appendices include crew numbers; monthly wages of seamen; Log positions from four voyages. Some details provided of the ship's owners, John Willis & Sons, and builders, Scott & Linton