Reuters QuickCut: Cutty Sark

May 21 - The Cutty Sark, a London landmark and the world's last surviving 19th century tea clipper, was severely damaged in a blaze in the early hours of Monday.

Forty firefighters brought the blaze under control.

The ship, launched in 1869 on Scotland's River Clyde was undergoing a 25 million pound ($49.31 million) refurbishment.

Although Cutty Sark was built for the tea trade, it switched to bring wool from Australia to Britain's mills when the advent of reliable steamships spelt the end of the age of the sailing clipper.

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