Vessel The Gitana (1873 - )

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1873

Summary

The steam yacht Gitana (length 91 feet, beam 13 feet 6 inches; trial speed 24.61miles per hour), was fitted with a 13 and a half inch by 15-inch (2) by 16-inch stroke, 450 indicated horsepower direct acting compound engine, operating at 325 revolutions per minute with steam supplied at 100 pounds per square inch by a locomotive boiler with brass tubes and a copper fire-box, built by J I Thornycroft, Chiswick, for the Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild for use on Lake Geneva. The Gitana was shipped to Lake Geneva in pieces and assembled at La Bellote by English workmen.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • 'A fast steam yacht', The Engineer, vol. 42, 20 October 1876, p. 274. Details
  • 'A fast steam yacht', Engineering, vol. 22, 20 October 1876, p. 350. Details
  • 'The Thornycroft torpedo vessels; their construction armament & c, and the results of certain experiments that have been made with them', The Engineer, vol. 43, 18 May 1877, pp. 337-338. Details
  • 'On torpedo boats and light yachts for high speed steam navigation', The Engineer, vol. 51, 25 February 1881, p. 336. Details

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: Barnaby, S.W., The Trend of Steam Yacht Building, http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_38/outXXXVIII06/outXXXVIII06l.pdf.

Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby