The Royal Thames Yacht Club schooner Marchesa: In Neapolitan waters (illustrated); and In heavy weather

The screw schooner Marchesa was designed and built by Lobnitz, Coulborn & Co. at Renfrew in 1877. Registered at 377 tons (Thames), she measured 138½ feet in length with a 25 foot beam and was owned for many years by Mr. Charles Kettlewell of Dumbleton Hall, Evesham, Gloucestershire. Obviously well-travelled, judging by the fact that Marchesa was surveyed by Lloyd's Register at Singapore in 1884, Mr. Kettlewell sold her at the end of 1891 and replaced her with a newer steam yacht (the Queen Marfissa of 1887) which he renamed Marchesa in honour of her predecessor. By a remarkable coincidence, A. de Simone's portrait of Queen Marfissa was sold in the Maritime Sale held in these rooms on 21st May 2003 (lot 449).