Steam yacht 'Liberty', 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

Steam yacht 'Liberty', 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

2-696-405 - Kirk & Sons of Cowes/Heritage-Images

Steam yacht 'Liberty', 1914. 'Liberty' was built for Joseph Pulitzer in 1908. Designed by George Lennox Watson she was one of the largest private yachts of her day. She served as a Royal Navy hospital ship during World War I. 'Liberty' was especially fitted with ramps and soundproofing due to Pulitzer's blindness and extreme sensitivity to noise, and was nicknamed The Tower of Silence.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Kirk & Sons of Cowes, attributed to: British; English: Photography Studio
People Related
  1. Arthur Henry Kirk: British; English: Photographer
  2. Edgar WP Kirk: British; English: Photographer
  3. William Umpleby Kirk: British; English: Photographer
  4. Joseph Pulitzer: Hungarian, American: Publisher, newspaper editor
  5. George Lennox Watson: Scottish: Naval Architect
  6. Ramage & Ferguson Ltd: Scottish: Shipbuilders, Leith

Medium
  1. Photograph

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Lifestyle & Leisure Sport & Pastimes


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5747x4012
File Size : 22,517kb


Aliases

  1. Y1478
  1. H/101/QP
  1. 0860001946
  1. 2-696-405
  1. 2696405
  1. Y1478

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