"Galatea" was the unsuccessful British challenger of the sixth America's Cup

America's Cup

The America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...

 race in 1886 against American defender "Mayflower

Mayflower (yacht)

Mayflower was the victorious U.S. defender of the sixth America's Cup in 1886 against English challenger Galatea.-Design:The sloop Mayflower was the second America's Cup defender designed by Edward "Ned " Burgess, built by George Lawley & Son and launched in 1886 for owner General Charles J. Paine...

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Design

Galatea, a keel cutter, was designed by John Beavor-Webb

John Beavor-Webb

John Beavor-Webb was an Irish naval architect. He was a designer of sailing yachts, notably the America's Cup challengers Genesta and Galatea , before emigrating to the United States where he designed steamyachts of very large size like J.P. Morgan's Corsair II and Corsair III .-References:...

 and built in 1885 for owner Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. of the Royal Northern Yacht Club.

The all-metal "Galatea" had a steel frame, a lead-filled steel keel, and a riveted steel-planked hull, painted white. The deck was teak.

Career

Galatea was launched in May 1885. After a series of mostly losses in British races, the owner and his wife sailed to New York in the summer of 1886.

Galatea lost both races in the September 1886 America's Cup in New York to the American defender "Mayflower

Mayflower (yacht)

Mayflower was the victorious U.S. defender of the sixth America's Cup in 1886 against English challenger Galatea.-Design:The sloop Mayflower was the second America's Cup defender designed by Edward "Ned " Burgess, built by George Lawley & Son and launched in 1886 for owner General Charles J. Paine...

". Following his defeat, he challenged General Paine of the Mayflower to a private rematch, and in the spring of 1887 was defeated again.

From 1888 until 1894, Mr. and Mrs. Henn lived aboard the Galatea in Britain. Following Lt. Henn's death in 1894, Mrs. Henn continued to live aboard the yacht until her death in 1911.

In January 1912, the Galatea was sold for scrap and broken up.

Specifications

• Overall length: 31.22 m
• Length at water line: 26.45 m
• Beam
  Beam (nautical)
  The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point. Generally speaking, the wider the beam of a ship , the more initial stability it has, at expense of reserve stability in the event of a capsize, where more energy is required to right the vessel from its inverted position...
  
   (width): 4.57 m
• Draft
  Draft (hull)
  The draft of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull , with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained...
  
  : 4.16 m
• Displacement
  Displacement (fluid)
  In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking its place. The volume of the fluid displaced can then be measured, as in the illustration, and from this the volume of the immersed object can be deduced .An object that sinks...
  
  : 158 tons
• Sail area: 675.45m²