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East of the Sun, West of the Moon
A sad bit of nautical news this week, as the Cutty Sark was gutted in her berth in Greenwich. The clipper ship was built in 1869 and sped tea from China and wool from Australia to English shops and factories.
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June 5th, 2007 at 12:58 am
The Cutty Sark burned? We visited this ship in June 2005 while we were in London. I probably have some pictures of the family beside it.