Louise Macfarlane

Louise Macfarlane is Senior Curator, Maritime Technologies. She joined Royal Museums Greenwich as Curator of Cutty Sark in 2016 and co-authored The Cutty Sark Pocket Manual (Osprey, 2018). Her remit now includes the Museum’s unique ship plans and historic photographs collections. Claire Denham is Research Advisor, Cutty Sark. Having overseen the documentation of the fabric of the ship during the Cutty Sark conservation project (2006-12), she is responsible for ensuring historical accuracy in the interpretation of Cutty Sark. Andy Peters works through his company Maritima Woodcarving as a figurehead carver. He carved Cutty Sark’s current Nannie. Also an expert in the history of maritime carving and decorative woodwork, he is the author of Ships’ Figureheads: Famous Carving Families (Whittles Publishing, 2025).