ILLUSTRATION: SOL 90, ALAMY X3
THE CUTTY SARK
Built in the shipbuilding heartland of the Clyde in 1869, at a cost of £16,150, the Cutty Sark was one of the last wind-powered tea clippers. It operated under the British flag, in dedicated service to the tea and wool trades, until being sold to a Portuguese cargo company in 1895, whereupon it was renamed the Ferreira.