Valkyrie II
1893 British racing yacht / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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55.614°N 4.950°W / 55.614; -4.950
Quick Facts Yacht club, Nation ...
Yacht club | Royal Yacht Squadron |
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Nation | United Kingdom |
Designer(s) | George Lennox Watson |
Builder | D&W Henderson, Partick |
Launched | April 29, 1893 |
Owner(s) | Lord Dunraven |
Fate | Sank July 5, 1894 in the Firth of Clyde |
Racing career | |
America's Cup | 1893 |
Specifications | |
Displacement | 140 tons |
Length | 35.84 m (117.6 ft) (LOA) 26.06 m (85.5 ft) (LWL) |
Beam | 6.80 m (22.3 ft) |
Draft | 5.03 m (16.5 ft) |
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Valkyrie II, officially named Valkyrie,[n 1] was a British racing yacht that was the unsuccessful challenger of the 1893 America's Cup race against American defender Vigilant.