Shamrock (yacht)

Shamrock
Shamrock and Columbia in 1899
Yacht club Royal Ulster Yacht Club
Nation United Kingdom
Designer(s)William Fife III
BuilderJ. Thorneycroft & Co.
Launched26 June 1899
Owner(s)Sir Thomas Lipton
Racing career
SkippersCaptain Archibald "Archie" Hogarth
America's Cup1899
Specifications
Displacement156.9 metric tonnes
Length
  • 38.86 m (127.5 ft) (LOA)
  • 25.12 m (82.4 ft) (LWL)
Beam7.46 m (24.5 ft)
Draft6.15 m (20.2 ft)
Sail area1,214.30 m2 (13,070.6 sq ft)

Shamrock was a racing yacht built in 1898 that was the unsuccessful Irish challenger for the 1899 America's Cup against the United States defender, Columbia.