The Cutty Sark Pocket Manual by Museum, National Maritime -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Dedication Title Contents 1 Introduction

Cutty Sark and the Tea Trade The Opium Wars Clipper Ships An Age of Reform The Suez Canal

2 Building Cutty Sark

In the Beginning Clipper Ship Design John Willis & Sons Scott & Linton Cutty Sark’s design Building Cutty Sark ‘Weel done, cutty-sark!’

3 The First Voyages

The Maiden Voyage Crew Slow Progress Adjusting to Life at Sea Securing Cargo Early Tragedy Costly Shortcut, Winning Voyage Return to China A Taste of Success

4 Extraordinary Voyages, Part 1

1872: Shanghai to London Rivalry with Thermopylae The Race Begins Disaster Strikes Saving the Ship Getting Underway The Beginnings of Fame 1885: Sydney to London A Whole New World Maximising Cutty Sark’s Potential Setting Records

5 How Ships Worked

Sails Rigging Using the Wind Rudder Anchor Cutty Sark’s Boats Pilots and Tugs Equipment On Board Logbooks The Master’s Cabin Navigation Telegraphy Sail versus Steam Transatlantic Developments

6 Tramping: 1878–83

Bound for Hankow Tea Shortage Tiptaft’s Last Voyage End of an Era Telegraphy Early Tramping Days New York Home Sweet Home Hell-Ship Voyage The Crew Replaced Home Once More Lost Earnings A New Dawn

7 Extraordinary Voyages, Part 2

The Voyage: Part 1 (4 June 1880 – 4 September 1880) The Voyage: Part 2 (4 September 1880 – October 1881) The Voyage: Part 3 (October 1881 – 10 April 1882) Aftermath Deaths on Cutty Sark

8 The Woodget Years, 1885–95

New Horizons Reputation Passing the Time Exposure to Photography Business as Usual Quick Turnaround Sail Rules the Waves Facing the Worst Difficulty Finding Cargo Braving the Ice Coming to the End Family Affair Finding a New Owner

9 Life on Board

Crew Responsibilities Apprentices Pay Joining a Ship A Day in the Life Watch System Accommodation Daily Tasks Discipline and Punishment The Quirks of Master Richard Woodget Food Post Crew Origin, Deserters and Stowaways

10 Cargoes

Outward-Bound Cargoes Homeward-Bound Cargoes Loading the Ship Brokering a Deal Tramping Wool Cargoes

11 Sold to the Portuguese, and the End of an Era 12 Afterword Index Copyright

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