RIP the Cutty Sark

I thought this was going to be about some kind of wisecrack from cutty.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/cutty.jpg

jesus. 100% ablaze.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/cutty2.jpg

we'll always have this
http://www.badgerwest.com/images/CuttySarkLabel.jpg

greenwich evacuated(!), dlr shut, woah

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/cutty3.jpg

Grimshaw (www.cuttysark.org.uk) pwnd :

http://i6.tinypic.com/54bu0di.jpg

Speaking to BBC News the Chief Executive of the Cutty Sark Trust, Richard Doughty, said the fire brigade told him they were treating the fire as suspicious.

What kind of asshole torches something like the Cutty Sark? Fuckers.

in order to save the Cutty Sark, we must destroy it

"Weel done, Cutty-sark!"
And in an instant all was dark:

clue in the background?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/507047469_5179bd8637.jpg?v=0

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If they find suspicious fire-starting cocktaris in the ashes, I think they'll have their man.

Cutty Sark Scorch attack. Do you see?

If I could change my screenname, I'd do a fake Tuomas post asking, like a defensive ingenue on a talk show, what any of this meant.

Let's Burn the Cutty Sark and Listen to "Dancing in the Dark"

What kind of asshole torches something like the Cutty Sark? Fuckers.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/cutty4.jpg

Dermot Murnaghan on the BBC is intent on turning the boat into a Diana-style "people's tea clipper".

Yeah, it's nauseating, isn't it.

Still, it's one less thing for us to go and see next time we're in London :-/

But, yeah, morons, stick to knacked-up old cars when you fancy a bit of the old pyromania, OK?

I was there with the in-laws yesterday - Ava running riot prevented me getting a shot of the ship through the hoardings (it's been closed for renovation since last November). Kind of a missed opportunity, that.

sucks

better days:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/15/20519048_3aa703871c.jpg

Upthread sentiments echoed here. Ships like these are just so lovely. Why would you torch it?

Poor Cutty Sark. At least I did get to see it.

Perhaps it was a BBC publicity stunt for the next series of Torchwood whcih went awry.

much like my spelling of "which" there.

You'd think that such an "irreplaceable" piece of history would have been better protected.

"You'd think that such an "irreplaceable" piece of history would have been better protected"

Fortunately at least half of it had already been taken away and put in storage during resotration.

Holy shit - myself and a friend were walking around Greenwich yesterday, and we thought about walking right past it but opted to go round the back way and into the park. Her reasoning was "I've seen the Cutty Sark before" and I was like "yeah me too, it's not exactly going anywhere".

Some of my earliest memories involve hanging around with my parents near the Cutty Sark. :(

Well, you wouldn't have seen the Cutty Sark yesterday if it's any consolation. You'd have seen this (and several yards of 10-ft blue hoardings):

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/205/507384352_c8e975bc27.jpg

The BBC story says it's not as bad as everyone thought. So we can all stand down.

They should be able to make some running repairs and get it as far as Valparaiso for a refit.

Does this mean there's going to be a tea shortage?

Can't they use other clippers for now? (hideous toe nail clipper joke attempt aborted)

It would be sad if this monument to our glorious history of raping other countries had disappeared.

I assume you'd approve of the destruction of all Roman remains as well then?

Not the ones in Rome.

Given that the Cutty Sark was a tea clipper that spent its days whoohing back and forth between Britain and China I'm not sure how it relates to our "glorious history of raping other countries".

It was built in 1869, a full nine years after the second opium war ended.... So what part did it play in "raping other countries"?

Just curious.

wot no cheap innernet memes?

IM IN YR DRY DOCKS GOING UP IN FLAYMS

I HAS A FIRE

?

noooos they be torchin' our clipper

xxpost

Sorry I didn't realise it only carried Fair Trade stuff.

No, it carried stuff bought from Chinese merchants who were probably taking advantage of their own people. It didn't spew troops forth across China to loot and pillage and steal tea.

I has a damage :-(

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05/cuttysarkfire_450x200.jpg

That's okay, it's a monument in London, so applying NV's Roman criteria consistently, it shouldn't be destroyed.

http://www.sterlingtimes.org/dave_the_plumber_big.jpg

Dave Spart to thread.

http://www.sterlingtimes.org/bulldog.gif

What's your point, Noodle? That anyone who is sad to see an impressive piece of maritime heritage destroyed is some kind of flag-waving racist who wants to cleanse Africa and paint the map pink once again?

If you tore down or destroyed every monument in the world that had it's roots in exploitation, oppression or violence you wouldn't be left with very much, to be honest.

Ugh stray apostrophe.

Nah. Just fucking about. But my points if there was some might be about symbols always producing different meanings for different people, plus something about transience being built into history and being sadder about the Library at Alexandria burning down than some boat. Plus misanthropy.

And the sheer weight of consensus everywhere meaning that somebody needed to stand up and be counted and say "this boat is a wanker".

Tsk tsk tsk. Cutty Sark = ship, not boat, as any fule kno.

seacar

SeaUV

sorry i'm angling for lord custos tribute thread with that one

I'm very glad that somebody's said "this boat is a wanker", I must say.

I don't have an opinion on the boat myself, I'm just glad someone's said it.

Yes, "this boat is a wanker" is somehow more shocking and newsworthy than "this boat is a ship"

C'mon people there's an elephant in the room no-one's talking about...

Surely it's no coincidence that the day this boat sails in...
http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/images/GOTHEBORG.jpg
...the Cutty Sark burns.

I, for one, welcome our Swedish overlords.

Välkomnande till England! Behaga icke gör det såra oss. Tack själv.

Do you read Shipping Times often?

is that the Vasa?

Other headlines on the ST homepage include: Wanted: warm friendly folks from North East of England

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Of course, where else would I get all my information on shipping times? Jeez.

Notice also the plume of smoke. I really do think there's something in this. Have we done anything at all to piss Sweden off?

Thank god. I thought this was going to be about Sara's cat.

Anyway, no it's not the Vasa, which is, as far as I know still in a museum (but, good point, has anyone checked?). It is the Götheburg. From the ST...

Götheborg is (not surprisingly!) the first replica of an East Indiaman that has ever sailed in to London. The ship gave a eight shot salute from her iron cannons as she sailed through Tower Bridge. The salute was returned by HMS Belfast firing - a perhaps even more astonishing first as it is the first time since her berthing in London that she has done so. Then Götheborg continued into London Pool.

So maybe the Cutty Sark was shot by friendly fire?

Cutty's ark was burned down by Gawd himself, since He didn't order one like He did with Noah.

Anyway, no it's not the Vasa, which is, as far as I know still in a museum

yes, it is, it's in a museum in Stockholm - I've visited it. It's actually the most-visited museum in the whole of Scandanavia. There's no way the Vasa can ever be refloated. It has to be kept in the dark and sprayed with water to stop it crumbling away. Bear in mind that it sunk (on its maiden voyage iirc) and had to be dredged out of Stockholm harbour many years later.

when i turned on the radio this morning I thought that it was the Belfast that had caught fire on a/c of the reporter erroneously referring to a "historic ship near Tower Bridge".

Ned's picture clearly shows the Swedes opening fire on the Belfast (or possibly Ken Livingstone's office), so don't count your chickens.

People in my office are citing the price of repairing "London's" Cutty Sark as a good reason for Scottish independence.

Is it going to cost more than the Olympics then?

Oh they didn't waste much time there, they were onto the cost of the Olympics while I was still typing that last post. We'll be shutting down Hunterston any minute now...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6699703.stm

Concert to raise cash for the Cutty Sark restauration in Greenwich in the coming weeks.

Who's going to play?
The Prodigy - Firestarter? Rod Stewart - Sailing? Arthur Brown - Fire?

(or is this more of a "Cutty Sark, what's on your iPod" kind of idea?)

Elton John: Candle in the Wind 2007

fitting, in a way.

So, the fire in Camden reminded me that there was another mysterious fire in London last year. Did they ever find out what happened to this?

according to the website no, but it's going to be OK

phew!

Really? Well that's good. Does it normally take this long?

no idea! here's a link though http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/index.cfm?fa=contentGeneric.afbkghkcdkkgoofb

Saved!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7471449.stm

Q. Who is the Cutty Sark's favourite rapper?
A. Biz Sarkie (Biz Markie)

you could buy a new one for £3.3M

Suspended 3m off the ground???

It's the only way...

according to the bbc the fire upset this guy

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42953000/jpg/_42953061_cuttyressie.jpg

;_;

Would be nice to see it in the water again, but I guess that won't happen. :/

Q: Who is the Cutty Sark's favorite actor in HBO Feature Presentation "The Wire"?
A: Chad Coleman. (Chad Coleman plays Dennis Wise, whose "street name" is "Cutty".)

Q: What is the Cutty Sark's favorite Christmas carol?
A: "Aweigh" in a Manger

Q. Who is the Cutty Sark's favourite French President?
A. Francutty Mitterand (Francois Mitterand)

Q: What is the Cutty Sark's favorite pop song?
A: Parsley, Sage, Rose Maritime (Rosemary and Thyme)

Q: What is the Cutty Sark's favorite kind of penis?
A: A seacock (a seacock is a type of valve on a ship)

Q: Does the Cutty Sark like being on fire?
A: It would "rudder" not

What did the big Cutty Sark say to the little Cutty Sark?
Stop hiding behind that fire!

Q: Why did Cutty Sark's mother scold it?
A: It was being Sarky

Every thread ought to turn in these sort of amazing, amazing jokes. (I am being honest & accurate, not sarcastic.)

What is the Cutty Sark's favourite boat owned by an ILX poster?
Cutty's Ark (Cutty Sark, I think a guy called Cutty used to post here?)!

Agree, Abbott (and hey, wish I cld have seen you in NYC)!

there are not many thread topics about which I can say I have an unusually large investment - Lloyd Cole? Spurs? Greenwich Hospital? - but perhaps the Cutty Sark is one -- I probably grew up closer to it, and with it more of a fixture on life's horizon, than anyone here save perhaps Matt DC.

Vacuum cleaner.

I do like it when stories get finished. So often you hear about something (like those crazed Swedish twins) and then you never get to hear the end of the tale.