Step aboard the legendary cutty sark and discover what life was like on board the worlds sole surviving extreme clipper and the fastest ship of her time now perched proudly on her glass pedestal on the waters edge in greenwich london this iconic ship is one of britains principal maritime attractions built in 1869 to import tea from china the cutty sark visited nearly every major port in the world and gained fame for her record breaking speeds on voyages delve into the history and high s