Cutty Sark Damaged in Fire

What a shame! I have seen her in person her lines are beautiful. "Cutty Sark" gets its name from a Highland Banshee who would chase male travelers at night and chop off their heads. She wore a (short) cutty (chemise) sark. Clipper ships often took their names from fast moving objects - "flying cloud" or witches since their sails 'bewitched' the wind - "Sea Witch"

Fire Damages British Clipper Cutty Sark

Monday May 21, 2007 3:46 PM

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By D'ARCY DORAN

Associated Press Writer

GREENWICH, England (AP) - A spectacular fire early Monday heavily damaged the clipper ship Cutty Sark, one of London's proudest relics of the 19th century tea trade with China designed to be the fastest ship of its day.