TS Vanadis

The hull of the turbine yacht TS Vanadis
History
United States
Owner: Mr. C.K.G. Billings
Builder: A. & J. Inglis
Launched: 1908
Refit: In 1910 the central turbines replaced by a triple expansion engine (2xT3Cyl. 18.75, 29 & 45 - 26in. by Staten Island SB Co, New York. 386NHP)[1]
Homeport: New York
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,092 GRT
Length: 249½ feet
Beam: 32½ feet
Propulsion: Steam Turbines & Triple Screws
Sail plan: Schooner
Speed: 16½ knots

The turbine yacht TS Vanadis was designed by Clinton Crane of Tams, Lemoine & Crane in New York, built at A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow and launched in 1908. She was built of steel, rigged as a triple screw schooner and, unusually, was powered by steam turbines. Capable of 16½ knots at full speed, she was registered at 1,092 tons gross and measured 249½ feet in length with a 32½ foot beam.

She was originally ordered by Mr. C.K.G. Billings of New York. She was sold in 1916 to Mr. M.F. Plant. She was then used by the Russian Navy under the name of Poryvs from 1917-1919. Sold to Baron de Linder and renamed Finlandia, in 1922 sold to the French yachtswoman Virginie Hériot. In 1925 she was bought by Lt. Cmdr. Montague Grahame-White for his charter business and renamed to Ianara. Sold for the last time in 1935, she was reportedly broken up in 1938.[2]

The Royal Thames Yacht Club's steam yacht Ianara painted by Luca Papaluca (1890-1934)
The New York Yacht Club's steam yacht Vanadis at sea by Antonio Jacobsen

Further literature

References

  1. The Clyde Built Ships.
  2. The Royal Thames Yacht Club's steam yacht Ianara


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