Defender (1895 yacht)
Defender was the victorious United States defender of the tenth America's Cup in 1895 against challenger Valkyrie III. Defender was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in 1895. It was Herreshoff's second victorious America's Cup defender design.
Defender on July 20, 1895, six weeks before the 1895 America's Cup. | |
| Yacht club | New York Yacht Club |
|---|---|
| Nation | United States |
| Designer(s) | Nathanael Greene Herreshoff |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
| Launched | 1895 |
| Owner(s) | William Kissam Vanderbilt, Edwin Dennison Morgan, Charles Oliver Iselin |
| Fate | Broken up in 1901 |
| Racing career | |
| Skippers | Henry C. Haff |
| Notable victories | 1895 America's Cup 1895 Defender Trials |
| America's Cup | 1895 |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 151.5 tons |
| Length | 123 ft 0 in (37.49 m) LOA 89 ft 1.5 in (27.165 m) LWL |
| Beam | 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m) |
| Sail area | 12,602 sq ft (1,170.8 m2) |
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