Cutty Sark: Wooden Sailing Ship Scale Model

Cutty Sark: Wooden Sailing Ship Scale Model

Among the most famous old sailing ships still extant, Cutty Sark was one of the last clippers built for the China tea trade. Ordered by Captain John Willis of London, her hull was of composite construction, with teak planking on iron frames.

Cutty Sark’s name is short Scottish for 'short shirt' and comes from the Robert Burns poem 'Tam O’Shanter' although the reason for his choice of name is a mystery.

Cutty Sark: Wooden Sailing Ship Scale Model

Where appropriate, all scale ship models are constructed with hardwood using the plank-on-frame technique and built to scale using ships' drawings. The models use cotton sails and rigging and in the case of the larger vessels are suitable for use as exhibits in galleries or museums. Many models are available in sizes 1 or 3/4 with both models offering the same level of detail.

Stocks of most models are held but you should allow up to 8 weeks for some of the larger models. If you have specific enquiries for other ships, please contact us. Models are shipped all over the world in secure packaging at very reasonable prices.

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Length	Width	Height	Size	Type	Nation	Year
84 cm	22 cm	54 cm	3/4	Tea Clipper	UK	1869
118 cm	39 cm	77 cm	1	Tea Clipper	UK	1869

Cutty Sark: Ship's History

Original specifications: (ex-Maria di Amparo, Ferreira, Cutty Sark); Type: Clipper (3 m): Dimensions: (L/B/D) 64.8 x 11 x 6.4 m; Hull: Composite; Complement: 19-28; Designer: Hercules Linton; Built: Scott, Linton & Co., Dumbarton, Scotland; Year: 1869

Captain John Willis' insistence that only the finest materials be used in the construction of the Cutty Sark resulted in the bankruptcy of her original builders. Denny Brothers, who took over their yard, then oversaw her completion.

Even though she lost one of her most dramatic encounters with her main rival, Thermopylae, she still acquired the admiration of London, for the persistence of her crew. She completed a 16,000-mile journey in 119 days, by no means an illustrious feat; the admiration was the inventiveness of her crew in building makeshift rudders twice, as she had lost her rudder in severe gales.

The advent of the steamships and the opening of the Suez Canal meant that clippers were no longer economic and, by 1878, clippers were out of the tea trade. A number of unfortunate accidents happened on board the ship between 1878 and 1883. These included a murder and one of her captains (Captain Wallace) going mad and jumping overboard.

In 1883, however, things were about to change for the clipper. She did the return journey from England to Australia (under Captain W. Moore) with a cargo of wool through the Cape of Good Hope in 79 days. As with the tea trade, speed was also a critical factor for the wool trade.

Richard Woodget, who became Cutty Sark’s most celebrated master, succeeded Moore. Her best run was in 1888, where she did the journey in 69 days, shaving an amazing 10 days off her previous record.

She completed her last journey to Australia in 1895, and was sold to J. A. Ferreira of Lisbon. Four years later, she was again sold to the Cia de Navegacao de Portugal and was renamed Maria di Amparo.

In 1922, she was in Falmouth when Captain Wilfred Dowman spotted her. Later that year, he purchased the ship at his own expense and brought her back to England and re-named her by her famous name. She was restored for use as a full-rigged training ship at Falmouth.

When Dowman died in 1936, his widow donated the ship to the Thames Nautical Training College. In 1952, the Cutty Sark Preservation Society came together under the auspices of Frank Carr, director of the National Maritime Museum. Finally, in 1954, she was opened as a museum at Greenwich.

Cutty Sark has had tremendous international renown since 1923, when the London vintners Berry Bros. & Rudd Ltd. named their blended Scotch whisky by her name.

Two years after the ship opened to the public, Cutty Sark began her sponsorship of tall-ship races of the International Sail Training Association.

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