The steam yacht Vanadis riding out the gale

細節

A. de Simone (fl.1860-1900)
The steam yacht Vanadis riding out the gale
signed, inscribed and dated 'S.Y. Vanadis' (lower left) and 'De Simone 95' (lower right)
bodycolour
16½ x 24½ in. (41.9 x 62.3 cm.)

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拍品專文

The iron screw schooner Vanadis was designed and built by Ramage & Ferguson at Leith in 1880 for J.A. Hankey of Upton, Kent. Registered at 200 tons gross (136 net and 333 Thames), she measured 153 1/3 feet in length with a 22 foot beam and was engined by Walker, Henderson & Co. of Glasgow. Changing owners several times, she had passed into the hands of E.R. Whitwell by 1908, the same year that another far larger steam yacht named Vanadis appeared on the scene. The original Vanadis was hired by the Admiralty for use as an auxiliary patrol yacht during the Great War but soon after being released in 1918, she was broken up.