Shamrock Limited 27"

Dimensions: 27" H x 4" W x 20" L
Item #: D0604

SOLD FULLY ASSEMBLED - JUST PULL OUT OF THE BOX AND DISPLAY
NO masts to assemble, NO rigging to tie, NO wrinkled sails, NO hassles!

SOLD FULLY ASSEMBLED - THIS IS NOT A KIT
27" H x 4" W x 20" L (1:71 scale)

This newly designed Limited Edition museum-quality scale replica Shamrock yacht is offered exclusively by Handcrafted Model Ships, and includes a numbered Certificate of Authenticity signed by HMS Founder and Master Builder Richard Norris, as only 250 will ever be made. Accurate in almost every detail to the original Shamrock yacht, our Shamrock model yacht offers features not available by other sellers such as:

- Additional and higher-quality deck details
-   Authentic cloth British flag has been added
-   Additional deck planks have been added and stained to match the actual Shamrock yacht
-   Additional and higher-quality solid brass metal railings and cleats have been added
-   Upgraded, accurately scaled solid metal ship wheel has been added
-   Additional upgraded structures on the deck have been added, including intricately painted windows
-   The hull is meticulously painted the actual colors of the original Shamrock America's Cup yacht. Look closely on the green hull and you can see the individual planks and wood grain
-   Higher-quality sails with additional rigging: The sails are slightly starched to hold their shape and a higher quality and higher thread-count material is used, similar to that of the actual Shamrock yacht at the time it sailed. We offer three unique sail materials that are matched to the different eras of model yachts we offer. Also, additional rigging lines have been added to be more true to the actual Shamrock yacht

Shamrock was the unsuccessful Irish challenger for the 10th America's Cup in 1899 against the United States defender, Columbia.

Design

Shamrock was designed by third-generation Scottish boatbuilder, William Fife III, Jr., and built in 1898 by J. Thorneycroft & Co., at Millwall on the Thames near London, England for owner Sir Thomas Lipton of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club (and also of Lipton Tea fame).

Shamrock was built of all-metal construction, with a steel frame and a pine deck. She was skippered by Captain Archibald "Archie" Hogarth.

Career

Shamrock (also known as Shamrock I, to distinguish it from its successors) was built in 1898 under a shroud of secrecy, and christened by Lady Russell of Killowen at its launch on June 24, 1899.

During its trials it raced against the 1895 America's Cup challenger, Valkyrie III, as well as twice beating the Prince of Wales' royal yacht, Britannia in regattas on the Solent. It sailed to New York for the America's Cup race in the summer of 1899. The Cup defender Columbia beat Shamrock in all three races. It returned to Britain in the autumn of 1899, towed by Lipton's steam yacht, Erin. It was subsequently refitted by Lipton and used as a "trial horse" to test the later challengers, Shamrock II, III, and IV.