Shamrock V at Marigot Bay, St Lucia, 26 March 2002
Yacht club
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
Nation
United Kingdom
Class
J-class
Designer(s)
Charles Ernest Nicholson
Builder
Camper & Nicholson
Launched
14 April 1930[1]
Owner(s)
Sir Thomas Lipton Sir Thomas Sopwith 1931 Sir Richard Fairey 1934 Mario Crespi 1937 Piero Scanu 1962 Lipton Tea Company 1986 Newport Museum of Yachting Int'l Yacht Restoration School 1995 Newport Shamrock V Corp. 1998
Specifications
Type
Monohull
Displacement
134 long tons[2] (136 metric tonnes)
Length
119 ft 10 ins (36.5 m) overall;[2] 81 ft 1 in (24.7 m) at waterline[2]
Beam
19 ft 8 in[2] (6.0 m)
Draft
14 ft 8 in[2] (4.47 m)
Sail area
7,540 sq.ft[2] (700.5 m2)
Shamrock V was the first British yacht to be built to the new J-Class rule. She was commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton for his fifth America's Cup challenge. Although refitted several times, Shamrock is the only original J-class never to have fallen into dereliction.
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competed with other yachts of her era such as Britannia, Endeavour and ShamrockV. Designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson and built by Camper & Nicholsons...
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and purchased ShamrockV in 1932 to gain experience in J Class racing. He challenged in 1933 and using his experience from ShamrockV went on to build...
Global Information
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
United Kingdom