Shamrock III, 1899

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Shamrock III: lost to Reliance
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c. 23 x 33 cm (9 x  13 in) STANDARD size
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Description

Shamrock III:
Club:  Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Bangor, NI, UK ;
Designer: William Fife, Fairlie, N Ayr, Scotland;
Builder:  William Denny, Dumbarton, Scotland;
Launched: 1903;
Rig:  semi fin cutterOwner: Sir Thomas Lipton,
Skipper: Robert Wringe
139 Tons; Length: 135′ (41.1 m); Beam: 23′ 6″ (7.2 m); Draught: 19′ 8″ (6 m);
Sail area: 14,154 ft² (1,315 m²);

The 1899 America’s Cup was the 10th challenge for the Cup. It took place in the New York City harbour and consisted of a best of five series of races between the defender, Columbia, entered by the New York Yacht Club, and Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock, representing the Royal Ulster Yacht Club. Columbia won all three races against Shamrock. Columbia, a fin keel sloop, was designed and built in 1898-9 by Nathanael Herreshoff and the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for owners J. Pierpont Morgan and Edwin Dennison Morgan of the New York Yacht Club. She was the third successful defender built by Herreshoff. Shamrock was designed by third-generation Scottish boatbuilder, William Fife III, and built in 1898 by J. Thornycroft & Co., at Milwall, for owner Sir Thomas Lipton of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club (and of Lipton Tea fame). Shamrock had a manganese-bronze bottom and aluminium topside clinker built over a steel frame with a pine decking.

Additional information

Weight 0.0112 kg
Dimensions 33.5 × 23.5 cm