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25: The Cutty Sark
1. The Cutty Sark can still be seen in Greenwich.
2. Ships like the Cutty Sark carried tea and wool.
3. The race between the Cutty Sark and the Thermopylar lasted for 4 months.
Precis:
The Cutty Sark and the Thermopylae set out from Shanghai for a race to England. The Cutty Sark was lead by the Thermopylae at Java, but it attained the position later at the Indian Ocean. It was unfortunate for Cutty Sark as its rudder was torn a way in the storm.The temporary rudder did not easily fit, and reduced the speed of the ship. By the time Cutty Sark stopped at a port to have its rudder replaced, Thermopylae was already five hundred miles ahead. Although Cutty Sark arrived England one week after the Thermopylae , it was considered to win the race easily if there had not had so many delays.
2. Ships like the Cutty Sark carried tea and wool.
3. The race between the Cutty Sark and the Thermopylar lasted for 4 months.
Precis:
The Cutty Sark and the Thermopylae set out from Shanghai for a race to England. The Cutty Sark was lead by the Thermopylae at Java, but it attained the position later at the Indian Ocean. It was unfortunate for Cutty Sark as its rudder was torn a way in the storm.The temporary rudder did not easily fit, and reduced the speed of the ship. By the time Cutty Sark stopped at a port to have its rudder replaced, Thermopylae was already five hundred miles ahead. Although Cutty Sark arrived England one week after the Thermopylae , it was considered to win the race easily if there had not had so many delays.
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