&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Amazon_(yacht)_1889.jpg) Amazon in 1889
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Amazon |
| Builder | Tankerville Chamberlayne, Arrow Yard, Southampton |
| Launched | 1885 |
| Status | Private yacht |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw schooner, formerly steam yacht |
| Tonnage | 58 GRT |
| Displacement | 84 long tons (85 t) full load |
| Length | 102 ft (31 m) (114 ft (35 m) over spar) |
| Beam | 15.1 ft (4.6 m) |
| Draft | 8.25 ft (2.51 m) |
| Propulsion | Motor and sail |
| Notes | Designer: Dixon Kemp |
Amazon is a 102-foot (31 m) long screw schooner and former steam yacht built in 1885 at the private Arrow Yard of Tankerville Chamberlayne in Southampton.[1][2]
Designer Dixon Kemp intended her to be 'fast and a good seaboat' and her successful sea trials were recorded in the several editions of his definitive Yacht Architecture[3] (First edition published in 1885).[1]
In 2011, Amazon was listed as one of the world's Top 40 Classic Yachts and was the oldest vessel honoured.[4]
- ^ a b "World Ship Trust (public domain text)". Archived from the original on 13 September 2011.
- ^ "Superyacht Times".
- ^ Kemp, Dixon (1897). Yacht Architecture. H. Cox. p. 289.
- ^ "Top 40 Classic yachts - The world's favourite classic yachts, as voted by a range of superyacht industry experts". SuperYacht World. 20. July–August 2011.