Shamrock IV
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| Shamrock IV | |
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| Career | |
| Yacht Club: |
 Royal Ulster Yacht Club |
| Nation: |
 United Kingdom |
| America's Cup Year(s): | 1920 |
| Designer(s): | Charles Ernest Nicholson |
| Launched: | 26 May 1914 |
| Owner(s): | Sir Thomas Lipton |
| Skipper(s): | William P. Burton |
| Fate: | Broken up 1932 |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement: | 108.3 tonnes |
| Length: |
33.63 m (110.3 ft) (LOA) 22.86 m (75.0 ft) (LWL) |
| Beam: | 6.35 m (20.8 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.16 m (13.6 ft) |
| Sail Area: | 971.70 m2 (10,459.3 sq ft) |
Shamrock IV was a yacht owned by Sir Thomas Lipton and designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson. She was the unsuccessful challenger in the 1920 America's Cup.[1][2]
See also
- Shamrock, 1898 yacht
References
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- ↑ "First Yacht Race For America's Cup Starts, Noon Today" (pdf). New York Times. 15 July 1920. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ↑ "America's Cup's AC-clopaedia: Shamrock IV". Retrieved 2012-04-22.
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