#OnThisDay 1951: The Cutty Sark, the last of the tea clippers, was towed to Millwall Dock for a hull inspection and a final decision about her future | BBC Archive

A proper SUN day ☀️ The Cutty Sark is an iconic British sailing ship built in 1869 in Scotland, known as one of the last and fastest clippers ever constructed. It was originally designed for the tea trade with China, racing to bring tea back to London as quickly as possible. Its name comes from a Scottish poem by Robert Burns, in which “Cutty Sark” means short shirt. With the rise of steamships that could pass through the Suez Canal, the Cutty Sark lost its advantage in the tea trade and later b

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