Model of the Clipper "Cutty Sark"

English tea clipper "Cutty Sark" floated on November, 22nd 1869 . Has left in the first navigation in 1870. The clipper intended for transportation of the Chinese tea, was really miracle of perfection of ship forms, top of centuries-old development of sailing arms.

It is kept in dry dock in Greenwich, on a clipper the museum of ship architecture settles down.

At construction of model materials are used: valuable breeds of a tree (a pear, a maple, a nut), a brass.

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