&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Asgard_OnWaterLate60s.jpg) Asgard at sea, near Dublin
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Asgard |
| Builder | Colin Archer |
| Laid down | April 1905[1] |
| Launched | August 1905[1] |
| Status | Preserved in Collins Barracks, Dublin |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
| Beam | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Sail plan | Gaff rigged |
Asgard is a 51-foot (16 m) gaff-rigged yacht. She was owned by the English-born writer and Irish nationalist Erskine Childers and his wife Molly Childers.[2][3] She is most noted for her use in the Howth gun-running of 1914.
Asgard is sometimes mistaken for Dulcibella, the boat in Robert Erskine Childers's classic novel The Riddle of the Sands.[4] This was based on a smaller vessel, Vixen, previously owned by Childers.[5][6]
- ^ a b "Asgard Exhibition". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Robert Erskine Childers, Private Papers (Trinity College Library, Dublin)
- ^ Ring (1996), pp. 95–99.
- ^ Boyle (1977), pp. 108–119.
- ^ Dulcibella and the Riddle of the Sands
- ^ Buchan, Alastair (January 2006). "Coastal Cruising - Riddle in the Sands". Cruising World. 32 (1): 87. ISSN 0098-3519. Retrieved 11 August 2012.