Valkyrie III

Valkyrie III
Valkyrie III, 1895
Yacht club Royal Yacht Squadron
Nation United Kingdom
Designer(s)George Lennox Watson
BuilderD&W Henderson
Launched27 May 1895
Owner(s)Lord Dunraven et alii
FateBroken up 1901
Racing career
America's Cup1895
Specifications
Displacement166.9 tons
Length39.31 m (129.0 ft) (LOA)
26.65 m (87.4 ft) (LWL)
Beam7.92 m (26.0 ft)
Draft5.97 m (19.6 ft)
Sail area1,172.52 m2 (12,620.9 sq ft)

Valkyrie III, officially named Valkyrie,[n 1] was the unsuccessful British challenger of the ninth America's Cup race in 1895 against American defender Defender.

  1. ^ Mercantile Navy List. London: Spottiswoode. 1900. p. 727. Retrieved 3 July 2015.


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