The R.C.Y.C. motor yacht Princess in a heavy swell

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Luca Papaluca (Italian, 1890-1934)
The R.C.Y.C. motor yacht Princess in a heavy swell
signed 'L. Papaluca' (lower right) and inscribed 'M.Y. Princess. R.C.Y.C.' (lower left)
bodycolour
15¾ in. x 17¼ in. (40 x 44 cm.)

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The steel motor yacht Princess was designed and built for Sir James Knott, Bart., by the Furness Shipbuilding Co. at Haverton Hill-on-Tees in 1924. Registered at 730 tons gross (282 net and 751 Thames), she measured 186 feet in length with a 30 foot beam and was powered by two 8-cylinder engines by Sulzer Bros. of Winterthur. Sold to Lord Kemsley in 1936, Princess was hired for wartime duties as an anti-submarine patrol craft in September 1939 but was sunk in the Bristol Channel on 11th January 1940 following a collision.

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