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To Count Edmund Batthyany... Royal Albert Yacht Club, this Print of his Schooner Yacht Flying Cloud in the... Match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, June 8th 1870... dedicated by Josiah Taylor

To Count Edmund Batthyany... Royal Albert Yacht Club, this Print of his Schooner Yacht Flying Cloud in the... Match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, June 8th 1870... dedicated by Josiah Taylor
To Count Edmund Batthyany... Royal Albert Yacht Club, this Print of his Schooner Yacht Flying Cloud in the... Match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, June 8th 1870... dedicated by Josiah Taylor
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: PY8716
Description: This American yacht 'Flying Cloud' is a schooner because she has two masts. Before their recreational use, schooners were used in the coasting trade and for fishing off Newfoundland. They were popular because they required a smaller crew than other vessels.
Creator: Josiah Taylor [artist, engraver & publisher] and R & A Ackermann [publishers],
Date: 29 April 1871
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
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