Ben said
  I believe it is called 'The Carrick', apparently it is being (or has
  been) broken up.

Yes - this was one of three square-rigged trading ships in the UK of 
which Cutty Sark is now the sole survivor (the other, the brig CIUDAD DA 
INCA hit rocks in North Devon and broke up a few years ago with several 
deaths - people may remember seeing this on TV news).

Apparently Cutty Sark is the only surviving tea clipper. There are about 
three dozen trading square-riggers, but about half of them are abandoned 
in the Falklands and similar places; most of the preserved ones are the 
USA (mostly British-built) and Scandinavia.

Sean 


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