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    SHIP AHOY!

    Oct 04, 2019 4 minutes
    WORDS DIANA WOOLF

    Although Britannia can no longer claim to rule the waves, relics from her maritime heyday are still very much in evidence, thanks to Britain’s museum ships. Stars of the fleet range from Henry VIII’s doomed warship, the Mary Rose, to the present Queen’s much-loved former royal yacht, Britannia, with one of the most famous being Cutty Sark, the world’s sole surviving tea clipper, launched 150 years ago this November.

    was built for speed so that she could win the annual ‘race’ from China to London to bring home the first (and freshest) tea of the year – which would command the highest prices. Her career as a tea

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