The Cutty Sark is a composite construction clipper ship built in 1869 that served as a merchant vessel and later as a training ship. It is preserved in dry dock in Greenwich, London and is one of only three ships in the Core Collection of the National Historic Ships Register, along with HMS Belfast and SS Robin. The Cutty Sark suffered damage in a fire in 2007 but is currently undergoing restoration to reopen in 2012.

1. THE CUTTY SARK
The Cutty Sark is a clipper ship. Built in 1869, she served as a merchant vessel
(the last clipper to be built for that purpose), and then as a training ship until
being put on public display in 1954. She is preserved in dry dock in Greenwich,
London.
Cutty Sark is one of only three ships in London on the Core Collection of the
National Historic Ships Register (the nautical equivalent of a Grade 1 Listed
Building) – alongside HMS Belfast and SS Robin.
Badly damaged by fire on 21 May 2007 while undergoing conservation, the
vessel is being restored and is expected to reopen in 2012.[2] The Cutty Sark is
one of only three remaining original composite construction (wooden hull on
an iron frame) clipper ships from the nineteenth century in part or whole, the
others being the City of Adelaide, awaiting transportation to Australia for
preservation, and the beached skeleton of Ambassador of 1869 near Punta
Arenas, Chile.