MEASUREMENTS ARE 4 ft or 48 inches LONG X 4 ft or 48 inches TALL. Includes an impressive Acrylic Case. The opening of the Suez Canal (also in 1869) meant that steamships now enjoyed a much shorter route to China, so Cutty Sark spent only a few years on the tea trade before turning to the trade in wool from Australia, where she held the record time to Britain for ten years. In 1895 and renamed Ferreira. Cutty Sark is listed by National Historic Ships as part of the National Historic Fleet (the nautical equivalent of a Grade 1 Listed Building). She is one of only three remaining original composite construction (wooden hull on an iron frame) clipper ships from the nineteenth century in part or whole, the others being the City of Adelaide, which arrived in Port Adelaide, South Australia on 3 February 2014 for preservation, and the beached skeleton of Ambassador of 1869 near Punta Arenas, Chile. She was restored and was reopened to the public on 25 April 2012. On 19 October 2014 she was damaged in a smaller fire. FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR’S ESTATE – SEE OUR OTHER ITEMS FROM THIS ESTATE LISTED NOW. FROM A SMOKE AND PET FREE ENVIRONMENT. SEE OUR OTHER RARE ITEMS UP FOR SALE NOW. WE HAVE NEVER, NOR WILL WE EVER SELL AN IMITATION OR COUNTERFEIT. Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting. Create your brand with Auctiva’s. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. The item “The Cutty Sark Large Scale Wooden Model Ship with Custom Acrylic 4 FT x 4 FT Case” is in sale since Sunday, September 2, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Military\Models”. The seller is “auctiondoctors” and is located in Studio City, California. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.