I have been given a photo that was identified as the Cutty Sark while still in service. I have been informed this is not the Cutty Sark, a nick name that stuck as the name we know her by today! Cutty-Sark (Witch) Nannie Dee.
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Figure Head.....she is the witch Nannie Dee from a Robert Burn's poem...Tam o'Shanter. Cutty Sark was a nick name given to the Witch Nanny Dee. The figure head as I have pointed out is named after the character created by Burn's. So my question is? The Cutty Sark is also known by the name Nanny Dee before her now known name. Let me say this, I have been informed this photo is from a private collection, I was allowed to share and she is identified as the then as in service Cutty Sark? Funny as it is, the Scotch Whiskey (Cutty Sark) is named after the ship. What a play on words!
Wikipedia had this to say.
Figure Head.....she is the witch Nannie Dee from a Robert Burn's poem...Tam o'Shanter. Cutty Sark was a nick name given to the Witch Nanny Dee. The figure head as I have pointed out is named after the character created by Burn's. So my question is? The Cutty Sark is also known by the name Nanny Dee before her now known name. Let me say this, I have been informed this photo is from a private collection, I was allowed to share and she is identified as the then as in service Cutty Sark? Funny as it is, the Scotch Whiskey (Cutty Sark) is named after the ship. What a play on words!