Bloodhound is a 19.2-metre (63 ft) ocean racing yacht

Yacht racing

Yacht racing is the sport of competitive yachting.While sailing groups organize the most active and popular competitive yachting, other boating events are also held world-wide: speed motorboat racing; competitive canoeing, kayaking, and rowing; model yachting; and navigational contests Yacht racing...

. She was designed by Charles E. Nicholson

Charles Ernest Nicholson

-Biography:He was born in 1868.Nicholson's first design of note was the Redwing class. The Bembridge sailing club met in October 1896 to agree the need for a shallow draughted yacht - to allow for the shoal waters of Bembridge Harbour - which could be sailed single-handed, to replace the expensive...

 and built by Camper and Nicholsons

Camper and Nicholsons

Camper and Nicholsons are the oldest leisure marine company in the world, producing and managing yachts for the world's richest people.As Camper and Nicholsons was founded at Gosport, Hampshire before organised seawater yachting had even started, John Nicholson of the founding family once overheard...

 in 1936. From 1962 to 1969 she was owned by the British Royal Family

British Royal Family

The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...

 and in January 2010 she was purchased by the Royal Yacht Britannia Trust.

Royal ownership

In 1962 Bloodhound was purchased for the Royal Family

British Royal Family

The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...

 at the request of Prince Philip

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....

. In February she was sailed from Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...

 to Gosport

Gosport

Gosport is a town, district and borough situated on the south coast of England, within the county of Hampshire. It has approximately 80,000 permanent residents with a further 5,000-10,000 during the summer months...

 to be refitted by Camper and Nicholsons and the work was finished by June. Prince Philip sailed Bloodhound with Uffa Fox

Uffa Fox

Uffa Fox CBE was an English boat designer and sailing enthusiast.-Life:Uffa Fox was born on the Isle of Wight and was raised in East Cowes. He lived for a while in Puckaster on the Isle of Wight.-Work:...

 at Cowes Week

Cowes Week

Cowes Week is one of the longest-running regular regattas in the world. With 40 daily races, up to 1,000 boats, and 8,500 competitors ranging from Olympic and world class professionals to weekend sailors, it is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world...

 in August of that year. She was sold in 1969.

Racing accomplishments

Year	Event	Place
1936	Channel Race	1st
1936	Morgan Cup	1st
1937	Fastnet Race Fastnet race The Fastnet Race is a famous offshore yachting race. It is considered one of the classic offshore races. It takes place every two years over a course of . The race starts off Cowes on the Isle of Wight in England, rounds the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland and then finishes at...	3rd overall
1939	Benodet Race	2nd
1939	Channel Race	1st
1939	Fastnet Race	1st
1946	London Yacht Club Regatta (at Cowes Week Cowes Week Cowes Week is one of the longest-running regular regattas in the world. With 40 daily races, up to 1,000 boats, and 8,500 competitors ranging from Olympic and world class professionals to weekend sailors, it is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world... )	1st
1946	Royal Yacht Squadron Royal Yacht Squadron The Royal Yacht Squadron is the most prestigious yacht club in the United Kingdom and arguably the world. Its clubhouse is located in Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom...  Race (at Cowes Week)	1st
1947	Fastnet Race	2nd
1947	Southsea to Brixton Race	1st
1948	Morgan Cup	2nd
1948	Round the Island Race Round the Island Race The Round the Island Race is a yacht race around the Isle of Wight, organized by the Island Sailing Club based in Cowes. It is the fourth largest sporting event in the United Kingdom and is one of the most popular fixtures on the Solent racing calendar attracting competitors from Europe and the...	1st
1948	Royal Yacht Squadron Race (at Cowes Week)	2nd
1949	Fastnet Race	1st
1949	Morgan Cup	1st (handicapped to 2nd)
1949	North Sea Race	1st
1949	Portsmouth to Poole Race	1st
1951	Channel Race	1st
1951	Fastnet Race	2nd
1951	Harwich Harwich Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south...  to Hook Race	1st
1951	North Sea Race	1st
1951	Round the Island Race	3rd
1951	St Malo to Dinard Dinard Dinard is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.Dinard is on the Côte d'Émeraude of Brittany. Its beaches and mild climate make it a popular holiday destination, and this has resulted in the town having a variety of famous visitors and residents...  Race	1st
1952	Bermuda Race Bermuda Race The Bermuda Race, or Newport Bermuda Race, is a biennial yacht race from Newport, Rhode Island to the island of Bermuda, a distance of 635 nautical miles across open ocean. The first Bermuda Race started in 1906 from Gravesend Bay, N.Y. with three entries. The race was held several times in the...	2nd overall
1953	Cowes Cowes Cowes is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east Bank...  to Dinard Race	1st
1953	Fastnet Race	1st (handicapped to 12th)
1957	Fastnet Race	5th overall
1958	Channel Race	1st
1959	Lyme Bay Lyme Bay Lyme Bay is an area of the English Channel situated in the southwest of England between Torbay in the west and Portland in the east. The counties of Devon and Dorset front onto the bay,-Geology:... Race	1st
1965	Lyme Bay Race	1st

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External links

• Royal Yacht Bloodhound