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The fastest commercial sailing …...........s of all time were clippers, three-masted ships built to transport goods around the world, although some also took passengers.

The fastest commercial sailing vessels of all time were ….........s, three-masted ships built to transport goods around the world, although some also took passengers.

From the 1840s until 1869, when the Suez Canal opened and steam …................ was replacing sail, clippers dominated world trade.

From the 1840s until 1869, when the Suez Canal opened and steam propulsion was replacing sail, clippers …................d world trade.

Although many were built, only one has survived more or less …...............: Cutty Sark, now on display in Greenwich, southeast London.

Although many were built, only one has survived more or less intact: Cutty Sark, now …...... …................  in Greenwich, southeast London.

The witch is …...........ed in Cutty Sark’s figurehead the carving of a woman typically at the front of old sailing ships. 

In ….........., and in Burns’s poem, witches cannot cross water, so this was a rather strange choice of name for a ship.

To …........... ….......... construction, Willis chose a new shipbuilding firm, Scott & Linton, and ensured that the contract with them put him in a very strong position.

To carry out construction, Willis chose a new ….............. ….......... , Scott & Linton, and ensured that the contract with them put him in a very strong position.