Designer : George Lennox Watson Builder : D & W Henderson & Company
- 1893: Challenger defeated in the 8th America's Cup Challenge by Vigilant
On July 5th, 1894 Valkyrie II sunk after colliding with Satanita and breaking up.
VALKYRIE II
1893
GBR
Yacht Club: Royal Yacht Squadron
Challenger defeated in the 8th America's Cup Challenge, in 1893, by Vigilant (USA)
Owner: Windham-Thomas Wyndham-Quin, Earl Dunraven and Mountreal
Keel cutter
Length and sail area rule
Rating: 93.11 / 93.57
Designer: George Lennox Watson
Builder: D & W Henderson & Company, Meadowside, Partick on the Clyde, Scotland.
Sailmaker: Ratsey, Cowes
Built: 1893
Launched: April 29th, 1893
Skipper: William Cranfield
Afterguard: Captain Lemon Cranfield, Captain Martin F. Lyon, H. Maitland Kersey, George L. Watson, Lady Rachel Wyndham-Quin, Lady Eileen Wyndham-Quin.
LOA: 35.84 m
LWL: 26.06 m
Beam: 6.80 m
Draft: 5.03 m
Displacement: 140 tons
Tonnage: 95.3 tons
Sail area: 932.9 m2
Mast: 26.31 m
Boom: 27.88 m
Bowsprit: 9.24 m
Topmast: 17.98 m
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