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Ferreira Weekend at Cutty Sark
Take part in activities themed around the decades Cutty Sark spent as Ferreira after the ship was sold to a Portuguese company in 1895
Reimagining Maritime | Youth Responds
What do key objects like the bust of Olaudah Equiano and Kehinde Wiley's Ship of Fools mean to young people?
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Life at sea in the age of sail
What did it mean to be 'tarred and feathered' and why were punishments so harsh at sea?
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Voyage of the Dundee whaler ‘Erik’ to the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, 1876
For February's item of the month I have chosen JOD/133 a logbook written by T.F. Miller, the gunner on the whaling ship 'Erik' which records a voyage undertaken in 1876 from Dundee to the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay between Canada and Greenland.
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HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle was a Royal Navy ship, famed for taking English naturalist Charles Darwin on his first expedition around the world in 1831
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The Cutty Sark’s Older Sister
With 2019 marking the 150th birthday of the Cutty Sark, discover the story behind one of its ancestors. What part did The Tweed, an illustrious vessel in its own right, play in the Cutty Sark becoming the fastest ship of her time?
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HMS Victory
HMS Victory was Lord Nelson's flagship in his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Discover more about the history of the famous ship