In 1867, the DAUNTLESS, owned by Commodore James Gordon Bennett, sailed across the Atlantic to race in British water. Three years later, in 1870, she raced Sir James Ashbury's schooner the CAMBRIA, the America's Cup challenger of that year, back across the Atlantic. Buttersworth painted DAUNTLESS several times. Here she is off the white cliffs of Dover with the Roman lighthouse and Norman fortress perched far above. Years later Dover Castle helped defend English shores during the Battle of Britain.