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Asgard (yacht)
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Not to be confused with Asgard II.
Asgard is a 51-foot (16 m) gaff-rigged yacht. She was owned by the English-born writer and Irish nationalist Erskine Childers and his wife Molly Childers.[2][3] She is most noted for her use in the Howth gun-running of 1914.
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![]() Asgard at sea, near Dublin | |
History | |
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Name | Asgard |
Builder | Colin Archer |
Laid down | April 1905[1] |
Launched | August 1905[1] |
Status | Preserved in Collins Barracks, Dublin |
General characteristics | |
Length | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
Beam | 4 m (13 ft) |
Sail plan | Gaff rigged |
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Asgard is sometimes mistaken for Dulcibella, the boat in Robert Erskine Childers's classic novel The Riddle of the Sands.[4] This was based on a smaller vessel, Vixen, previously owned by Childers.[5][6]