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Bruce D Cutty Sark fire: what happens now? (197* d) RE: Cutty Sark fire: what happens now? 12 Feb 10

This will be the second time that the Cutty Sark has been fully restored.

The first was when she was brought back to England from Portugal and privitely restored in the 1920/30. When the Captain Wilfred Dowman died his widow gave the Cutty Sark to The Thames Nautical Training Collage (who already had a 86 Gun "Ship of the Line" HMS Worcester orginally names HMS Frederick William)in 1938.

The Cutty Sark was sailed from the Thames Docks around to the Collage in 1938, officially she was towed using sails to assist, but only in the last 20 odd years has the fact that the Cutty Sark was sailed un-assisted has been recognized.

My father has been acknowledged now as been the last surviving man from the crew of Cadets. He is officially the Last Man to have sailed the Cutty Sark.

Bruce D

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