The Cutty Sark and Swansea: A Chronicle in the Welsh Press
The Cutty Sark and Swansea: A Chronicle in the Welsh Press A Celebrated Clipper in the Public Imagination South Wales Daily Post In June 1923 , the South Wales Daily Post published a striking photograph of the Cutty Sark , accompanied by the bold heading “THE ‘CUTTY SARK’ IN 1870.” The caption recalled the vessel at the height of her fame, describing her as the swiftest of all tea clippers , shown with her main sky‑sail set as she departed Canton , bearing a valuable cargo of tea more than half a century earlier. The paper noted that when the celebrated ship later visited Swansea , she stirred considerable public interest, though by that time she sailed beneath a foreign flag . The article added that she was then being restored to her former splendour , rigged once more in all her glory, and soon to be placed on exhibition as a proud emblem of Britain’s maritime mastery . Her Final Visit to Swansea South Wales Daily Post The previous September , the same newspaper had already publ...
