Editing Cutty Sark (section)

===As cadet training ship===
Dowman persevered in his determination to buy the ship, which he did for £3,750 and she was returned to Falmouth harbour. The purchase was made with the support of Dowman's wife, artist Catharine Dowman ({{nee|Courtauld}}),<ref>[https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/catharine-dowman-and-preservation-cutty-sark Catharine Dowman and the preservation of Cutty Sark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221052417/https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/catharine-dowman-and-preservation-cutty-sark |date=21 December 2019 }} 6 March 2018, ''rmg.co.uk'', Retrieved 16 April 2019</ref> heiress daughter of [[Sydney Courtauld]], crepe and silk manufacturer.

The rigging was restored to an approximation of the original arrangement and the ship was used as a cadet training ship. In 1924 she was used as committee boat for the regatta week in Fowey during that years regatta week as recalled to me by Mr. Arthur (Toby) West. As a historic survivor, the ship was opened to the public and visitors would be rowed out to inspect her. Dowman died in 1936 and the ship was given by Catharine Dowman, his widow, along with £5,000 for maintenance, to the Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College, [[HMS Worcester (1860)|HMS ''Worcester'']] at [[Greenhithe, Kent|Greenhithe]].{{sfn|Carr|1964|p=5}} She was towed to Greenhithe by tug.{{sfn|Carr|1964|p=6}} The ship was crewed by cadets, 15-year-old Robert Wyld steering the ship during the voyage.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hands-on-illustrations.co.uk/big/mn/27/28.pdf|last=Wyld|first=Robert|title=Cutty Sark must Sail Again|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror]]|date=28 May 2007|via=Hands on Illustrations}}</ref>

[[File:CuttySarkAndHMSWorcester.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''Cutty Sark'' and {{HMS|Worcester|1860|6}} as training ships, 1938]]
At Greenhithe, ''Cutty Sark'' acted as an auxiliary vessel to {{HMS|Worcester|1860|6}} for sail training drill, but by 1950 she had become surplus to requirements. From February to October 1951 she was temporarily moved first for a refit and then to take part in the [[Festival of Britain]] at [[Deptford]]. On 30 January 1952, the 800-ton tanker {{MV|Aqueity|1946|6}} collided with ''Cutty Sark''{{'}}s bow in the Thames. The two ships were locked together after the collision which forced ''Cutty Sark''{{'}}s [[jibboom]] into ''Worcester''{{'}}s [[forecastle]] rails, snapping the boom before scraping along ''Worcester''{{'}}s starboard side. ''Cutty Sark''{{'}}s figurehead lost an arm in the process. Worcester was a condemned hulk, sunk at her moorings at the time, photographs showing her lying on her starboard side with her starboard side near the shore. ''Cutty Sark'' was anchored and towed to the [[Shadwell Basin]] where repairs were carried out by Green & Silley Weir Ltd. The damaged arm was recovered at [[Grays Thurrock]] and the figurehead was repaired.<ref name=Collision>{{cite web|url=http://www.hms-worcester.me.uk/page19.html|title=The Cutty Sark|website=HMS Worcester & Merchant Navy|first=Colin|last=Thurlow|access-date=27 April 2011}}</ref>