The English steam yacht Lady Torfrida at sea

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A. de Simone (fl.1860-1900)
The English steam yacht Lady Torfrida at sea
signed and dated 'De Simone/1902' (lower right) and inscribed 'S.Y. Lady Torfrida' (lower left)
bodycolour
17 x 24½ in. (43.3 x 62.3 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The Lady Torfrida pictured here was the third and last ocean-going steam yacht of the same name built for Sir William Pearce, one of the directors of Fairfield's, the prestigious Glasgow shipbuilders. Constructed in the company's own yards on Clydeside in 1890, she was registered at 364 tons gross (171¼ net and 543 Thames) and measured 166 feet in length with a 27 foot beam. Engined by her builders and rigged as a three-masted barquentine, she was a handsome vessel which Sir William kept until his death in November 1907. Afterwards sold to Sir Marcus Samuel, Bt., she is last recorded in 1914 as "no longer a yacht".

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