Fingernail on 21/5/2007 at 21:03
Well it was supposedly the fastest clipper in its day - which was also the very end of the age of sail as it was superceded by steam ships, and was then used for training or something during the world war(s?) and yeah, basically it stands to represent a slice of naval history when pretty much all other tea clippers have rotted away.
It's more or less one of THOSE MARITIME MONUMENTS that make Greenwich; celebrating Britain's glorious success on the high seas. It's basically a museum about the tea trade, etc. School trip material.
demagogue on 21/5/2007 at 21:11
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Rum...Cutty Sark rum,Old spice aftershave.
Yes, a few seconds research cleared that up ... that's embarrassing. Obviously, it's the little ship logo that threw me. Sort of sad testament, actually, that such important historical icons can be so reduced when they become logos, so that one might mix up rum and aftershave and important history all into a little ship silhouette.
