Cutty Sark
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Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest,
Cutty Sark on display at Greenwich
Cutty Sark photographed at sea by Captain Woodget using a camera balanced on two of the ship's boats lashed together
Fine lines of the bow
The ship's figurehead shows Cutty-sark, the nickname of the witch Nannie Dee who chases a drunk farmer, Tam o' Shanter, snatching his horse's tail before he escapes by crossing water.
Cutty-sark (witch)
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Cutty-sark is a nickname given to Nannie, a fictional witch created by Robert Burns in his 1791 poem "Tam o' Shanter", after the garment she wore. In the poem, the erotic sight of her dancing in such
Cutty Sark
…km; 3,978 mi) in 11 days. Cutty Sark was considered to have the edge in a heavier wind, and Thermopylae in a lighter wind. The ship was named after Cutty-sark, the nickname of the witch Nannie Dee in Robert Burns's 1791 poem Tam o' Shanter. The ship's figurehead, the original of which has been attributed to…
John Faed illustrated the witch in the poem
'Ae spring brought off her master hale'. John Faed RSA. 1855