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Defender (1895 yacht)
America's Cup champion / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Defender was the victorious United States defender of the tenth America's Cup in 1895 against challenger Valkyrie III.[2] 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.
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![]() Defender on July 20, 1895, six weeks before the 1895 America's Cup. | |
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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] |
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