Valkyrie II
Valkyrie II during the 1893 cup races.
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| Yacht club |
 Royal Yacht Squadron
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| Nation |
 United Kingdom
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| Designer(s) | George Lennox Watson |
| Builder | D&W Henderson, Partick |
| Launched | April 29, 1893 |
| Owner(s) | Lord Dunraven |
| Fate | sank July 5, 1894 |
| Racing career | |
| America's Cup | 1893 |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 140 tons |
| Length | 35.84 m (117.6 ft) (LOA) 26.06 m (85.5 ft) (LWL) |
| Beam | 6.80 m (22.3 ft) |
| Draft | 5.03 m (16.5 ft) |
Coordinates: 55°36′50″N 4°57′00″W / 55.614°N 4.950°W
Valkyrie II, officially named Valkyrie, was a British racing yacht that was the unsuccessful challenger of the 1893 America's Cup race against American defender Vigilant.
Valkyrie II was a gaff-rigged cutter. She was designed by George Lennox Watson and built alongside HMY Britannia at the D&W Henderson shipyard, Meadowside, Partick on the River Clyde, Scotland in 1893 for owner Lord Dunraven of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Valkyrie II had a steel frame, a wooden hull, and a pine deck.
Valkyrie II was launched on April 29, 1893, a week after Britannia, and sailed to the U.S. that October to compete in the eighth America's Cup where she faced Vigilant in a best three out of five races format sailed on alternating courses. The races were sailed October 7, 9, and 13, 1893 off Sandy Hook, NJ just south of New York. The first and third races were 15 miles to windward off Scotland Lightship and return to leeward, the second race was a 30-mile equilateral triangle.
In the first race on October 7, Valkyrie II won the 11:25 am start by 15 seconds and one boat length. At the first mark, Vigilant held a nine-minute lead. Vigilant crossed the finish line 7 minutes ahead of Valkyrie II—8 minutes 48 seconds in corrected time.
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