Valkyrie II 20"

• 20" long x 2" W x 17" H (1:706 scale)
• This is a pre assembled model. Models are shipped with the sails unassembled. All rigging, lines and stays have brass hooks attached, which easily hook into eyelets on mast, boom, sprit or deck. Assembly takes less than 5 minutes
• Detailed instructions including pictures included for easy assembly
  
• Our Valykrie 2 yacht model is built with rare, high quality woods.
• Hand painted the actual colors of Valkyrie 2 America's Cup yacht
• Valkyrie II Yacht America's Cup Racer has fabric sails with detailed stitching
• To build this model ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual Valkyrie yacht.
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Valkyrie II was the unsuccessful British challenger of the eighth America's Cup race in 1893 against American defender "Vigilant".

Design

Valkyrie II, a keel cutter, was designed by George Lennox Watson and built by D & W Henderson & Company, Meadow side, Patrick on the Clyde, Scotland in 1893 for owner Lord Dunraven of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Valkyrie II had a steel frame, a wooden hull, and a pine deck.

Career

Valkyrie II was launched on Apr. 29th, 1893 and sailed to the U.S. that October to compete in the eighth America’s Cup. It lost to Nathanael Herreshoff’s Vigilant, 0-3.

Valkyrie II existed for barely a single year. On July 5th, 1894 this Cup contender collided with A. D. Clarke’s cutter yacht Satanita at the Mud Hook Regatta on the Firth of Clyde, killing one crewman. Valkyrie II broke up and sunk nine minutes later.

Specifications

    * Overall length: 35.84 m
    * Length at water line: 26.06 m
    * Beam (width): 6.80 m
    * Draft: 5.03 m
    * Displacement: 140 tons