Cutty Sark — 1869 British Tea Clipper Model (47 in / 119 cm, Western Red Cedar, Mahogany & Teak)
Cutty Sark — 1869 British Tea Clipper Model (47 in / 119 cm, Western Red Cedar, Mahogany & Teak)
How big is it?
Length about 119 cm / 46.9 in, height about 113 cm. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 47 in / 119 cm
- Materials
- Mahogany, Western red cedar, Teak, Brass, Linen sails
- Construction
- Plank-on-frame, built by hand
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Tall Ship Models - Admiral Line
- Item no.
- T376
At 47 inches, the clipper hull finally reads the way it was meant to. Cutty Sark's whole design argument was length against beam — a long, narrow, fine-lined hull that could be driven hard. Small models flatten that. This one doesn't.
Specification
- 47 in / 119 cm
- Plank-on-frame hull in western red cedar, mahogany and teak
- Three masts and bowsprit with full hand-knotted standing and running rigging, including ratlines
- Hand-stitched linen sails on every yard
- Deck detail: deckhouses, wheel, capstan, boats on skids, gratings, ladders and rails
- Metal anchors and wooden rudder
- Solid wood base with engraved brass nameplate
- Fully assembled
Before you order
Measure the space, including mast height and bowsprit projection — at this length the bowsprit alone adds several inches beyond the hull.
The ship
Launched at Dumbarton in November 1869, Cutty Sark was built for one job: to be first home from China with the new season's tea. The Suez Canal opened three weeks before she sailed and handed that trade to steam. She spent the next two decades proving herself in the Australian wool trade instead, where nothing could touch her. She is preserved at Greenwich — the only tea clipper left in the world.