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Yacht club | Royal Yacht Squadron |
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Nation | United Kingdom |
Designer(s) | George Lennox Watson |
Builder | D&W Henderson |
Launched | 27 May 1895 |
Owner(s) | Lord Dunraven et alii |
Fate | Broken up 1901 |
Racing career | |
America's Cup | 1895 |
Specifications | |
Displacement | 166.9 tons |
Length | 39.31 m (129.0 ft) (LOA) 26.65 m (87.4 ft) (LWL) |
Beam | 7.92 m (26.0 ft) |
Draft | 5.97 m (19.6 ft) |
Sail area | 1,172.52 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.
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