There is a clip from the Beeb here showing the damage, the good news is the iron frames are relatively undamaged, and a lot of the topside planking had already been removed as had all the top hamper. The decks weren't original so it's only monetary loss there.
The Cutty Sark was one off the early "composite" built ships, wooden planking on iron frames.
All crew accommodation was in deckhouses, which had been removed prior to the fire, so as not to infringe on cargo space.
And how valuable that cargo of tea must have been in those days, I have stood on the one through deck below and in comparison to the size of the ship the cargo hold is tiny.
There is little doubt that she will, like the Phoenix rise from the ashes and be restored to her former glory, she is a much loved old girl, a national treasure.
Her days already numbered by the time she was launched, steam power would soon put payed to the lucrative tea trade.
The Cutty Sark waiting in Sydney Harbour for the new season's wool.
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