The Cutty Sark was one of the last great 19th century tea clippers to be built, and the only clipper ship of any type to be restored. Today it is berthed proudly at Greenwich, where it is one of London's most popular tourist attractions. This book is a facsimile of C. Fox Smith's classic maritime history, originally published by Methuen in 1924. It tells the story of the building of the Cutty Sark in 1869, her work in the Chinese tea trade, her transfer to the Australian wool trade, and her sale to Portuguese owners who reduced her to a barquentine in 1895. Then, in 1921 a chance arrival at Falmouth led to her purchase by the retired Captain Dowman and his restoration of her original rigging and condition. A stirring story of maritime heritage, concentrating not just on the ship but on the personality and deeds of her captains and the first hand accounts of men who sailed on her. The authentic story of one of Britain's most famous sailing ships.