Velsheda
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Velsheda |
Owner | |
Port of registry | Saint Peter Port, Guernsey |
Builder | Camper & Nicholsons |
Launched | 1933 |
Reinstated | November 1997 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | J-class yacht |
Displacement | 143 tons |
Length | |
Beam | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
Draught | 15 ft (4.57 m) |
The J-class yacht Velsheda was designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson and built in 1933 by Camper and Nicholsons at Gosport, Hampshire. She was built for businessman William Lawrence Stephenson and between 1933 and 1936, she won many races and competed with other yachts of her era such as Britannia, Endeavour and Shamrock V.