What is the record time that a ship has ever sailed from the UK to Australia?

BRY2K

I believe that The Cutty Sark holds that record. She posted Australia-to-Britain times of as little as 67 days, and in one instance outsailed the fastest steamship there was then, RMS Britannia. Her best run, 360 nautical miles (666 km) in 24 hours (an average 15 kn (28 km/h)), was said to have been the fastest of any ship of her size. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark Feb 21 10, 12:31 PM

davejacobs

Assuming that you mean voyages by any kind of ship (they all 'sail' by convention) then you can do the trip nowadays in about 32 days by freight carrying ship. The Cutty Sark and othe clipper times were for bringing back cargo from Australia or China to England, not the other direction for which there was usually no hurry. http://www.seat61.com/Australia-overland.htm Feb 22 10, 3:03 AM