Valkyrie II (yacht)

"Valkyrie II" was the unsuccessful British challenger of the eighth America's Cup race in 1893 against American defender "Vigilant".

Design

"Valkyrie II", a keel cutter, was designed by George Lennox Watson and built by D & W Henderson & Company, Meadowside, Partick on the Clyde, Scotland in 1893 for owner Lord Dunraven of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

"Valkyrie II" had a steel frame, a wooden hull, and a pine deck.

Career

"Valkyrie II" was launched on Apr. 29th, 1893 and sailed to the U.S. that October to compete in the eighth America’s Cup. It lost to Nathanael Herreshoff’s "Vigilant", 0-3.

"Valkyrie II" existed for barely a single year. On July 5th, 1894 this Cup contender collided with A. D. Clarke’s cutter yacht "Satanita" at the Mud Hook Regatta on the Firth of Clyde, killing one crewman. "Valkyrie II" broke up and sunk nine minutes later.

pecifications

* Overall length: 35.84 m
* Length at water line: 26.06 m
* Beam (width): 6.80 m
* Draft: 5.03 m
* Displacement: 140 tons

References and External links

* [http://www.americascup.com/en/acclopaedia/circlinggalaxy/bateau.php?idContent=4640 America's Cup's Ac-clopaedia]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=XnuUd4dm2PkC A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames and Surnames, of Persons, Places and Things By Latham, Edward]
* [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=SLR1251 National Maritime Museum model collections]
* [http://www.jsjohnston.org The 19th Century Yacht Photography of J.S. Johnston]

ee also

* Valkyrie III (yacht)