Building an extremely raked bow and streamlined hull form that allowed the water to flow smoothly around the ship meant ... and "Cutty Sark" (Dumbarton 1869). This waterline model of "Scottish ...

Fire has ripped through the Cutty Sark, reducing the iconic 19th century tea clipper to a charred wreck. Scores of firefighters battled to save the ship but flames 100 feet high engulfed the hull ...