Cutty Sark Log

Tweeting the history of the tall ship Cutty Sark & news from the 19th century tea clipper races in real time. 1870-71 voyage to Shanghai underway now.

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Happy Birthday @CuttySark! 150 years young, this magnificent clipper launched 22 November 1869, by Scott & Linton in Dumbarton. #OnThisDay

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All that’s left of Denny’s shipyard at Dumbarton, on the Clyde. It was here in 1869, that the Cutty Sark was completed. #clyde #glasgow #dumbarton @CuttySark @CuttySarkLog #cuttysark

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31, December 1870: "Distance 326. Strong NE to NNE breeze & dry. All plain sail set. PM, slight rain, wind hauled to westward."

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30 Dec, 1870: Distance 238. A strong breeze from N.E. Sea very discoloured.

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The Cutty Sark on this day in 1870: "Distance 190. Very light Wly. winds & fine. Noon, calm. Midnight, strong N.E."

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#OTDH 1870 Cutty Sark was en route to Shanghai to pick up tea. For 28 Dec., ship's log reads: "Distance 283 miles. Begins fresh Nly. wind."

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1870's ship's log for today reads: "Noon, dry but cloudy."

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#TodayInHistory 1870: "4a.m., rain cleared and wind fell light."

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1890 log continues: 2p.m. passed close by another iceberg with long flat top, about 200 ft. high and a mile in length. Thermometer fell 10°.

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#OTD 1890 Cutty Sark's log reads: "Fresh W.S.W. breeze & misty. Passed an #iceberg about 250 ft. high & a third of a mile long."

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27 Dec. 1870: "Distance 129. Light & variable airs, thick fog. Noon, fog cleared away." #tallship #cuttysark #log

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#OTDH 1870: "Course east. Distance 225. Begins fresh N.W. breeze & rain. P.M., faint airs & calms from eastward."

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Cutty Sark's rival, #Thermopylae, would not pass the same point for another week, making Cutty the fastest ship in the wool trade in 1885.

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26th December 1885 the "Ile de Verge" light was sighted at 5:30am as Cutty Sark made her return from Australia with a hold full of #wool.

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Christmas Day 1870 Cutty Sark's log reads: "Course east. Distance 263. Fresh N.W. breeze & fine, high westerly swell." #London to #Shanghai.

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Happy Christmas from @CuttySarkLog!

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#OTDH 1870 Cutty Sark's log reads: Winds S.W., N.W., light & fine, high westerly sea, rolling heavily. P.M. #showery & fresh #breeze.

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#CuttySark departed Sydney harbour at noon on Christmas Eve 1893, this was the last time the famous clipper ever loaded wool as cargo.

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#OTDH 1870: "Strong breeze & dry weather, S.W., high sea. Shipping much water on deck. P.M., wind fell light & hauled to westward."

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Today in 1870: "Moderate breeze & clear. Midnight, strong breeze. 2a.m., wind hauled to W.S.W. in a thin misty rain." #thin #misty #rain