Yves GARY Hits: 4804
“Shamrock” was designed by William Fife (III) in 1908 as a potential challenger for the America’s Cup. The Americans refused the challenge but Lipton asked Fife to continue building (the vessel being built at Denny's).
In the last contest of 1903, Reliance marked the extreme limit that had been achieved in the development of the racing machine, and there had been already a swing in the other direction toward a saner and more healthy type of yacht.
Yves GARY Hits: 824
“Shamrock” was designed by William Fife (III) in 1908 as a potential challenger for the America’s Cup. The Americans refused the challenge but Lipton asked Fife to continue building at shipyard of William Denny & Brothers in Dumbarton..
Shamrock was built under the “International Rule” used in England and the other European yachting countries while the United States adopted the “Universal Rule”
Yves GARY Hits: 683
From the Yachting World archives :When the First International Rule came into force in 1907, nine classes were created for boats rating between 5 Metres and 23 Metres. Only three of the largest class were ever built and none survive today, writes Nigel Sharp.
Yves GARY Hits: 1002
X3DX3D is an open standard for 3D content delivery. It is not a programming API, nor just a file format for geometry interchange.
Administrator Hits: 385
All videos are hosted at British Pathé.The British Pathé website hosts the very best of pioneering video journalism. British Pathé is considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world. The entire archive of 85,000 films is available to view for free on the British Pathé website.
Yves GARY Hits: 4179
Gallery "Sir Thomas Lipton"Sir Thomas Lipton bequeathed his collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and memorabilia to the Mitchell Library where it is still housed. In 1999, the collection was showing signs of degradation and Unilever, who now own the Lipton brand, funded the conservation and digitisation costs.
Yves GARY Hits: 4184
Gallery "Sir Thomas Lipton"Sir Thomas Lipton bequeathed his collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and memorabilia to the Mitchell Library where it is still housed. In 1999, the collection was showing signs of degradation and Unilever, who now own the Lipton brand, funded the conservation and digitisation costs.
Yves GARY Hits: 4440
Gallery "Sir Thomas Lipton"A collection of photos taken from the deck of Shamrock around 1908 with Sir Thomas Lipton, Colonel Neill and the crew.
Each thumbnail presented here contains a link to the original photo on the Mitchell Library' s website.
