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Defender (1895 yacht)
America's Cup champion
America's Cup champion
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Defender |
| image | Defender(yacht).jpg |
| caption | Defender on July 20, 1895, six weeks before the 1895 America's Cup. |
| club | |
| nat | USA |
| ac_year | 1895 |
| designer | Nathanael Greene Herreshoff |
| builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
| launched | 1895 |
| owner | William Kissam Vanderbilt, |
| Edwin Dennison Morgan, | |
| Charles Oliver Iselin | |
| skip | Henry C. Haff |
| wins | 1895 America's Cup |
| 1895 Defender Trials | |
| fate | Broken up in 1901 |
| displacement | 151.5 tons |
| length | 123 ft LOA |
| 89 ft LWL | |
| beam | 23 ft |
| draft | 19 ft |
| sail | 12,602 sqft |
| first | Gregory O. |
| last | Jones |
| title | Herreshoff Sailboats |
| url | https://books.google.com/books?id=c6C_XPostscC&pg=PA68 |
| accessdate | 2012-02-18 |
| date | 25 December 2004 |
| publisher | Voyageur Press |
| isbn | 978-0-7603-1160-8 |
| page | 68 |
Edwin Dennison Morgan, Charles Oliver Iselin 1895 Defender Trials 89 ft LWL
Defender was the victorious United States defender of the tenth America's Cup in 1895 against challenger Valkyrie III. 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.
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. Lord Dunraven of the Valkyrie alleged cheating by the Defender's crew.
Following the contest, Defender was towed to the residence of C. Oliver Iselin in New Rochelle, New York where it remained docked for four years without sailing. In 1899 J. Pierpont Morgan and W. Buttler Duncan rebuilt Defender to race trials against the America's Cup defense candidate, Columbia.
The yacht was towed to Herreshoff's Bristol yard for restoration to enable it to race in the selection trials for the 1899 defence. Following the selection trials, Defender returns to its mooring and was finally broken up in 1901.
Model
Model of Defender on display at the MIT Museum |File:Defender 1895-IMG 5946-white.jpg|overall view, showing the hull (including the keel) and rigging |File:Defender 1895-IMG 5953.JPG|Bow |File:Defender 1895-IMG 5949.JPG|Mast |File:Defender 1895-IMG 5947.JPG|Aft |File:Defender 1895-IMG 5957.JPG|Rigging
References
References
- "America's Cup Winners". Herreshoff Marine Museum.
- (1902). "The Lawson History of the America's Cup: A Record of Fifty Years". Ashford Press.
- Strouse, Jean. (2000). "Morgan: American Financier". [[HarperCollins]].
- Simpson, Richard V.. (2012). "The Quest for America's Cup: Sailing to Victory". [[The History Press]].
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