3-082-911 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Lord Dunraven's new yacht, "Valkyrie III.", 1895. Photo by West and Son, Southsea. 'The Earl of Dunraven, undeterred by previous ill-fortune, has named his new yacht, which is to contest the supremacy of the Atlantic on behalf of Great Britain against the United States, Valkyrie. To distinguish its record from its predecessors in nomenclature, one must add "III." to its title. We wish the Earl and his yacht all the success which his enterprise deserves. (At Cannes, on Saturday, March 9, the Prince of Wales's yacht the Britannia defeated the Corsair and the Valkyrie in the first match of cruising from Cannes to Monte Carlo)'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.