Document No 3313: Britannia and Vigilant cross-tacking in Mount's Bay, Penzance during the Regatta

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AUTEUR : Brian J. Jones

REF : 0

EDITION : 1893

DATE : 28 Jul 1894

COURSE : 9

DESCRIPTION SITE :

oil on canvas
Dimensions :
Cm : 76,2 x 101,5 cm
Inch : 30 x 40 in

NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :

BRITANNIA FRONT AGAIN; THE CUTTER DEFEATED THE YANKEE SLOOP EASILY.
The Prince of Wales's Boat Led from Start to Finish

PENZANCE, July 28 -- A light and variable breeze made the American centreboarder Vigilant an easy victim for the Prince of Wales's cutter Britannia in the race off this harbor to-day. The time, considering the gentleness of the breeze, was very fast, the Britannia averaging nearly eight knots an hour..

READ MORE : July 28, 1894

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