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In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.
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Dumbarton
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Dumbarton is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Very fast sailing ship of the 19th century
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British clipper ship, on display at Greenwich, England
Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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