after being restored from a fire that gutted her,
the fire which took place in 2007 damaged her extensively, but as luck would have it many items were saved because conservation work had already begun on some areas of the ship, and the mast, rigging and parts of the cabins had been removed when the fire struck, the cost of the restoration has been put at £50million, visitors to the Cutty Sark can now see the largest collection of historic figureheads in the world, which was assembled in the early 20th century by an avid collector of merchant shipping memorabilia and given to the Cutty Sark in 1953.
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