Cutty Sark Racing Thermopylae, off Krakatoa - Gordon Frickers Marine Art

“Cutty Sark” disputing “Thermopylae‘s title as ‘Cock of the Seas’ “.

Cutty Sark & Thermopylae racing, off Krakatoa

The most famous of the famous tea clippers, “Cutty Sark” and “Thermopylae“.

By Gordon Frickers 76 x 101 cm (30″ x 40″), this magnificent painting could be yours, modestly priced, £8,000.00.

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This Painting

I’m very familiar with the Cutty Sark having visited her many times including to show her to my son.

for this painting my principal sources were a model of Cutty Sark I built and still have, an A 1 print of her rigging plan and the fine book by the late Basil Lubbock, “Log of the Cutty Sark.

The famous tea clipper is shown here, “Cutty Sark” as a new ship off Krakatoa the most famous of all volcanoes, in the Sunda Strait, with her greatest rival.

I have aimed to give an impression of the ‘cloud of sail’ tea clippers could set over their sleek, almost delicate looking hulls.

The lines of Cutty Sark were very similar to the famous “Thermopylae“, a renowned ship she was intended to beat and which claimed to be ‘Cock of the Seas‘.

Regrettably the elegant masterpiece “Thermopylae“, built at Aberdeen, Scotland, by Hood for Thompson’s Aberdeen White Star Line is no longer with us.

Happily the wonderful Cutty Sark is open to the public and you can visit her where she is dry docked at Greenwich, London, England.

Both these famous ships finished their working lives under the Portuguese flag.

Sad to report, the beautiful green hull’d of Thermopylae was eventfully deliberately scuttled.

Happily the elegant Cutty Sark is still with us today, open to the public at Greenwich London, she will give you a memorable few hours.

For several reasons I’ve chosen as our location the Sunda Straights.

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A Special Relationship :

I have had a long association with “Cutty Sark” having painted her three times, with the full cooperation of Captain Simon Waite [formally a master with BISNCo] who was then her Captain.

One version [sold] of Cutty Sark, ‘Last Departure‘ is available as a fine art print on canvas for the look and feel of the original [see Marine Art Prints on this web site].

As the title implies, we see Cutty Sark still ‘in trade’, making her very last departure with a cargo, London via Falmouth for Lisbon.

Last Departure, Fererria ex Cutty Sark [SOLD]

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Last Updated on 12 February 2020

“Cutty Sark” disputing “Thermopylae‘s title as ‘Cock of the Seas’ “.

The most famous of the famous tea clippers, “Cutty Sark” and “Thermopylae“.

How much in my currency? Try thisfree XE Currency converter.

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