White Ladye - Steam Yacht

White Ladye was a steam yacht owned by the actress Lillie Langtry, built in 1891 by Ramage & Ferguson of Leith from a design by W C Storey; 3 masts; length 204 ft; breadth 27 ft; 142 hp steam powered. She was initially owned by Lord Ashburton and named Ladye Mabel, but came into Langtry's possession soon after as a gift from George Alexander Baird, and renamed the White Ladye.

In 1893 Langtry leased the vessel to Ogden Geolet who used it until his death in 1897.^[1] It was then sold at auction ^[2] to John Lawson Johnston the 'inventor' of Bovril and remained in his ownership until his death on board at Cannes France in 1900.^[3] In 1902/3 she was recorded in the Lloyd's Yacht Register as being owned by shipbuilder William Cresswell Gray, Tunstall Manor, West Hartlepool and remained so until 1915. Following this the Lloyd's Register records that she became French trawler La Champagne based in Fécamp and was broken up in 1935.^[4]

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  Lloyd's yacht register Lord Asburton
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  Lloyd's yacht register Lillie Langtry
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  Lloyd's yacht register John Lawson Johnston
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  Lloyd's yacht register William Cresswell Gray 1902/3
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  Lloyd's yacht register William Cresswell Gray 1915
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  End of the White Ladye

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