Sailboats. Valkyrie III

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Cutters 1893-1937

Valkyrie III

Designer(s) : George Lennox Watson
Builder : D&W Henderson
Launched : May 27th, 1895
Owner(s) : Lord Dunraven
Fate : broken up 1901
Racing career :
America's Cup : 1895
Specifications :
Displacement : 166.9 tons
Length : 39.31 m (129.0 ft) (LOA)
26.65 m (87.4 ft) (LWL)
Beam : 7.92 m (26.0 ft)
Draft : 5.97 m (19.6 ft)
Sail area : 1,172.52 m2 (12,620.9 sq ft)

Valkyrie III, a keel cutter, was designed by George Lennox Watson and built at the D&W Henderson on the River Clyde in 1894-1895 for a syndicate including Lord Londsale, Lord Wolverton, Captain Henry McCalmont and headed by Lord Dunraven of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Valkyrie III had a steel frame, a hull planked with American elm and teak, and a pine deck.
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