Cutty Sark Audio Guide
Explore Cutty Sark with Stanza's visual scanner and offline audio guide.
About the Tour
The Cutty Sark is a historic British clipper ship built in 1869, famous for being one of the fastest of its era. It is now preserved as a museum ship and dry-docked in Greenwich, London.
Artworks on display
The Long John Silver Figurehead Collection
Explores the world's largest collection of ship figureheads, housed directly beneath the hull in the dry dock gallery.
The Long John Silver Collection
This impressive gathering represents the world's largest collection of ship figureheads, donated by the maritime enthusiast Sydney Cumbers, often known as 'Long John Silver.'
The Lower Hold and Tea Trade
Entering the ship's interior to discuss its composite construction (iron frame/wooden planks) and its original purpose racing tea from China to London.
The Iron Skeleton
The internal structure revealed here showcases 'composite construction,' a rare 19th-century building technique that combined a wrought-iron frame with traditional wooden planking.
The Weather Deck and Rigging
Ascending to the main deck to experience the scale of the masts and the complex network of rigging required to manage the ship's sails.
Eleven Miles of Rigging
The intricate web of ropes above you spans over 11 miles in length, supporting 32 sails that could catch every breath of wind across the ocean.
The Ship's Bell
A stop at the original ship's bell, a symbolic heart of the vessel that regulated time and watch shifts for the crew.
The Ship’s Heartbeat
This brass bell was the heartbeat of the ship, its ringing tones regulating every aspect of daily life for the crew at sea.
The Master's Saloon
The relative luxury of the Captain's quarters at the aft of the ship, where the Master and high-ranking officers dined and slept.
The Master’s Saloon
Step into the Master’s Saloon, a space of refined luxury that served as the social and administrative heart of the ship, starkly contrasting with the cramped quarters of the crew.
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