Constructed on the River Clyde in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, Cutty Sark was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest. Cutty Sark spent just a few short years on the tea routes before the opening of the Suez Canal and the increasing use of steamships made clippers unprofitable on shorter routes. It was turned into the trade in wool from Australia, where for ten years she held the record time for a journey to Britain. After finishing her time in service as a cargo ship. and then a training and cadet ship, she was transferred to permanent dry dock at Greenwich in London for public display. This handy pocket manual collates original documents to tell the fascinating story of how this legendary vessel was commissioned, her design and building and life on board on her notable journeys.