Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark" Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

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Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Rigged model, scale 1:48, of the clipper ship, 'Cutty Sark' (1869), an iron and wood composite sailing vessel with a copper-lined hull, built by Wm Denny and Brothers Limited, Dunbarton, Scotland; model made by Charles Nepean Longridge, model maker, 1900-1933 (see note)

Details

Category:
Water Transport
Object Number:
1933-503
Materials:
wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal (unknown), cotton (fibre), ivory and paint
Measurements:
overall (model): 1150 mm x 1800 mm x 360 mm,
type:
sailing ship, merchant vessel, cargo vessel and clipper ship
credit:
Longridge, C.N.