C is for Cutty Sark (a Dracula Daily event)
Details
Dracula will arrive in Whitby on a schooner in August. With no schooners in London, we shall be visiting a clipper; the famous Cutty Sark ship in Greenwich!
Cutty Sark was built in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869. On its maiden voyage, the ship departed London on 15 February 1870, bound for Shanghai.
On this outward voyage the ship carried a general cargo, including wine, spirits and beer and manufactured goods. It returned with a cargo of tea.
In 1954 the ship was towed into a specially built dry dock in Greenwich. Extensive restoration work followed, and Cutty Sark was finally reopened to the public in 1957.
This event is part of our Dracula Daily series of events to connect to the book Dracula, running from May to November 2026. See https://www.meetup.com/london-museums-a-z-lomaz/events/312216865/
You can sign up for Dracula Daily here: https://draculadaily.substack.com/about
Cutting from "The Dailygraph", 8 August, pasted in Mina Murray's journal:
"...a shudder ran through all who saw her, for lashed to the helm was a corpse, with drooping head, which swung horribly to and fro at each motion of the ship."
Read more here: https://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark/history
MEET DETAILS:
FROM 12:30pm: MEET AT THE HUNG, DRAWN & QUARTERED PUB (optional)
Address: 26-27 Great Tower Street, EC3R 5AQ
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MfkWqHDgqykAwSMX6
1:15pm: TAKE THE THAMES CLIPPER TO GREENWICH
We will leave from Tower Millennium Pier to Greenwich. It is a 23-minute ferry with boats every 15 minutes. A single fare costs about £11 and you can use contactless.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iuqXyPzkjYLSNeRj9
2pm: BOARD THE SHIP
Address: Cutty Sark, King William Walk, SE10 9HT
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MsD6AiFHrFZQmp987
4pm-Late: PUB SOCIAL (optional)
We'll head to a local pub for a social chit chat over drinks.
Location to be confirmed before the event.
TICKETS:
You will need to purchase your own ticket for this event.
Please book here and choose the 2pm slot (or thereabouts).
Ticket: £22 for adults, £16.50 for students and £3 if on Universal Credit or similar.
GETTING THERE:
https://www.rmg.co.uk/plan-your-visit/getting-here
EVENT WHATSAPP GROUP:
Please join the event WhatsApp group to help you find the group on the day. The link will be posted in the Event Comments 48 hours before the event, for those on the confirmed going list.
NB Joining this WhatsApp group will make your phone number visible to other members in the group.
PLEASE READ:
LoMAZ events are run by volunteers. This event has an attendee limit as we prefer a smaller, friendlier group. If you RSVP but can no longer attend, please change your RSVP as soon as possible, otherwise you will be marked as a 'no show'.
We remove members from the group who:
- repeatedly sign up for events then 'no show'.
- repeatedly change their RSVP to 'No'.
- are on the event waitlist or have not RSVPd but turn up anyway.
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Image credit: Cutty Sark, taken by Sandpiper, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons***.***