Name |
Other
name(s) |
Type of
vessel3 |
Builder |
Year |
Tons
T.M. |
Information |
Agawa |
Cythera |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1906 (1907?) |
667 |
First owner: C. L.
Harkness, NY. Leased by the US Navy in 1917
and became USS Cythera (SP 575). Returned to her owner in 1919;
reacquired by
the US Navy in 1941 and became Patrol Yacht PY-26 in 1942. Torpedoed by
the German
submarine, U-402, off North Carolina
that same year. Two of her crew survived and were sent to a POW camp.
|
Alpha |
|
SK |
Hawthorns (Leith) |
1900 |
94 |
Deep sea hospital and
mission steamer; owner Royal National Mission
to Deep Sea Fishermen.
|
Banshee |
Amelia, Cinco du
Octoubro |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1901 |
899 |
First owned by H.
MacCalmont, then by the Portuguese Navy (as
Amelia = Royal yacht). Documented in Yachts in England
(1900) by Debenham (see NY Yacht Club). 15 knots.
|
Gunilda |
|
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1897 |
499
(492) |
59 meters (195'); owned
by J. Sladen, F. Sykes (England)
& W. Harkness (NY); sank in Lake Superior
in 1911.
Splendid wreck often visited by divers.
|
Iolanda |
HMS White
Bear |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1908 |
1822 |
First owned by Morton
Plant (owner East Coast and Caribbean
shipping lines); used by the British Navy in WWI and WWII. Sold into
commercial
service in 1947. "One of the most distinctive yachts of her time". 18
knots.
|
Joseph & Sarah
Miles |
|
SK |
Hawthorns (Leith) |
1902 |
79 |
Deep sea hospital and
mission steamer; owner Royal National Mission
to Deep Sea Fishermen.
|
Lady Blanche |
|
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1907 |
400 |
13 knots. |
Lorena |
Atalanta,
Kan Lu |
SY
TY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1903 |
1398 |
First owned by A. Barber,
then by Gould in the US
(became Atalanta). (There is an entire Lorena album by Debenham at the
NY Yacht
Club). Sold to the Chinese Government in 1926; probably lost in the war
with Japan
in 1941. 18 knots.
|
Maund |
Mékong |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1906 |
900 |
Owned by SAR le duc de
Montpensier in 1915. Requisitioned by
the Royal Navy during WWI and used as a patrol vessel (crew of 59). On March 12, 1916,
it stuck rocks off
Gristhorpe during a storm and sank. Wreck blown up by naval divers in
1960. 16
knots.
|
Mingary |
Atlantis |
|
Stephen & Son
(Glasgow) |
1926 |
221 |
Owned by R. Aston (Glasgow).
|
O-we-ra |
Owera,
(Alcedo),
Josephine,
O-we-ra |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1907 |
498 |
Commissioned by the US
Navy in 1917 (SP-167); operated out
of Newport
during WWI; patrolled
off New London
(towed torpedo
targets for submarine practice). Decommissioned in 1919 and returned to
Senator
Peter Gerry, NY.
|
Perlona |
Chimera,
Lady Betty |
SC |
White (Cowes) |
1896 |
69 |
Screw schooner; steam
engine removed in 1914.
|
Pilgrim |
|
SY |
W. White &
Sons
(Cowes) |
1901 |
151 |
11 knots. |
Queen Alexandra |
|
SK |
Hawthorns (Leith)
Royal |
1902 |
267 |
Deep sea hospital and
mission steamer; owner: National Mission
to Deep Sea Fishermen.
|
Rannoch |
Iela |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1902 |
555
(600) |
Twin diesel engines; twin
screw motor yacht; 185' long; 15 knots.
Owned by H. M. The King of Italy
as Iela.
|
Rosabelle (2) |
Sicilia,
Schievàn |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1897 |
439 |
Built for T. Pim. 10 knots. |
Rosabelle (3) |
|
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1901 |
614 |
192' long; owned by T.
Pim. On naval service during WWI and WWII;
sunk on Dec.
11 1941 by
explosion, probably torpedoed by U-boat, Straits of Gibraltar. See "Rosabelle
Avenue" in Wivenhoe.
|
Rosita |
Black Tulip |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1900 |
119 |
|
Rovenska |
Elettra |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1904 |
700 |
Built for the Archduchess
Maria Theresa of Austria
(hence, Rovenska, the imperial yacht). Mine sweeper in the Royal Navy
during
WWI. Purchased by Marconi in 1919, renamed Elettra, and converted into
a
floating wireless laboratory. Sold to the Italian Government &
requisitioned by the Germans in 1943; torpedoed in 1944 by a British
submarine;
raised in 1962 but then cut for scrap. 15 1/2 knots.
|
Seaborn |
|
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1925? |
550 |
Diesel yacht designed by
Francis Gordon Pratt for R. Howe, Jericho,
NY.
|
Shemara |
Victoria,
Shemara,
Lucinda |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1899 |
588 |
Owned at one time by the
New South Wales Government. 14
knots.
|
Surf (1) |
|
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson (Leith) |
1898 |
489 |
Owned first by F.
Lambert, NY. Ended her days at Cape
Breton, N.S.
(Margaree
Steamship Co.). 14 knots.
|
Surf (2) |
|
SY |
Hawthorne |
1902 |
550 |
Went into commercial service in 1950. |
Tarantula |
HMCS
Tuna,
Tuna |
TY |
Yarrow |
1902 |
172 |
First owned by H.
MacCalmont, then by the Vanderbilt family,
NY. One of the first high speed turbine yachts (25 knots). Used as a
commuter
in and around NY. Served in the Canadian Navy during WWI; no longer in
Lloyd's
after that.
|
Venetia (2) |
|
SY |
Hawthorne |
1903 |
664 |
Designed by Joseph Edwin
Wilkins of C&K; owned at first
by F. Sykes; later by Morton Plant, Jesse Livermore, G. Elkins of NY
and then
by J. Spreckels; later years in Canada and Great Lakes; dropped from
Lloyd's in
1968. Note: a first "Venetia" was
built in
1893 by Naval Construction & Armaments, Barrow (not for
C&K); became
North Star.
|
Venetia (3) |
Eros,
Venetia,
Trenora,
Venetia,
Niki |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson |
1905 |
568 |
Owned first by F. Sykes;
laid up in Wivenhoe. Had a long
life under British registry (until 1957) with numerous owners including
Baron
Henri de Rothschild and Lord Inverforth. 14 knots.
|
Wakiva (1) |
|
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson |
1903 |
488 |
Owned by L.V. Harkness. Dropped from Lloyd's in
1915. |
Wakiva (2) |
Wakiva II,
USS
Wakiva |
SY |
Ramage &
Ferguson |
1907 |
909 |
Owned by L.V. Harkness;
used by US Navy in WWI; lost in collision
with USS Wabash in Bay of Biscay 22/5/1918. 15 1/2 knots.
|
Winchester (2) |
Flying Fox,
Mariscal -
Sucre |
TY |
Yarrow & Co. |
1909 |
191 |
Designed by Francis
Gordon Pratt; fast commuter (28 knots); 165
ft; three Parson's turbine engines (operating at 225 psi); towed across
Atlantic on maiden voyage; fired up 300 miles from NY; owned by W. P.
Rousse at
first; last seen in Colombian Navy; dropped from Jane's in 1955.
|
Yvonne |
|
Tw. sc.
sch. |
Camper &
Nicholson
(Gosport) |
1914 |
87 |
|
Yvonne II |
Kentra,
Cat II |
Tw. sc.
sch. |
Camper &
Nicholson
(Gosport) |
1917 |
86 |
|