Defender (1895 yacht)
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.jpg) Defender as photographed by John S. Johnston on July 20, 1895, six weeks before the 1895 America's Cup. | |
| Yacht club | New York Yacht Club  |
|---|---|
| Nation |  United States |
| Designer(s) | Nathanael Greene Herreshoff |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
| Launched | 1895 |
| Owner(s) | William Kissam Vanderbilt, Edwin Dennison Morgan, Charles Oliver Iselin |
| Fate | Broken up in 1901 |
| Racing career | |
| Skippers | Henry C. Haff |
| Notable victories | 1895 America's Cup 1895 Defender Trials |
| America's Cup | 1895 |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 151.5 tons |
| Length | 123 ft 0 in (37.49 m) LOA 89 ft 1.5 in (27.165 m) LWL |
| Beam | 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m) |
| Sail area | 12,602 sq ft (1,170.8 m2)[1] |
Defender was the victorious United States defender of the tenth America's Cup in 1895 against challenger Valkyrie III.[2]
Design
Defender was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in 1895. It was Herreshoff's second victorious America's Cup defender design.
Defender was a sloop with all-metal construction: steel, aluminum, and manganese bronze. It was owned by William Kissam Vanderbilt, Edwin Dennison Morgan and Charles Oliver Iselin, and skippered by Henry C. Haff.
Career
Defender defeated the New York Yacht Club's Vigilant then went on to defend the cup against British keel cutter Valkyrie III. Following the contest, Defender was towed to New Rochelle where it remained for another four years without sailing. It was rebuilt to race trials against the 1899 America's Cup defense candidate, Columbia. Defender was broken up in 1901.
References
- ^ Gregory O. Jones (25 December 2004). Herreshoff Sailboats. Voyageur Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7603-1160-8. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Herreshoff-'AMERICA'S CUP WINNERS'
External links
- Herreshoff Marine Museum
- America's Cup Ac-clopaedia
- John S. Johnston's Yacht Photography of the 1890s
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