John Beavor-Webb
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John Beavor-Webb was an Irish naval architect. He was a designer of sailing yachts, notably the America's Cup
challengers Genesta (1884)
and Galatea (1885)
, before emigrating to the United States where he designed steamyachts of very large size like J.P. Morgan's Corsair II (1891)
and Corsair III (1899)
.
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...
challengers Genesta (1884)
Genesta (yacht)
Genesta was the unsuccessful English challenger in the fifth America's Cup in 1885 against the American defender Puritan.-Design:The cutter Genesta was designed by John Beavor-Webb and built by the D&W Henderson shipyard on the River Clyde in 1884, for owner Sir Richard Sutton of the Royal Yacht...
and Galatea (1885)
Galatea (yacht)
"Galatea" was the unsuccessful British challenger of the sixth America's Cup race in 1886 against American defender "Mayflower".-Design:Galatea, a keel cutter, was designed by John Beavor-Webb and built in 1885 for owner Lieutenant William Henn, R.N...
, before emigrating to the United States where he designed steamyachts of very large size like J.P. Morgan's Corsair II (1891)
USS Gloucester (1891)
USS Gloucester was a gunboat in the United States Navy. Formerly J. P. Morgan's yacht Corsair, Gloucester was built in 1891 by Neafie & Levy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and acquired by the Navy on 23 April 1898...
and Corsair III (1899)
USS Oceanographer (AGS-3)
USS Oceanographer was a survey ship of the United States Navy during World War II that produced charts chiefly of passages in the Solomon Islands area of the Pacific Ocean. Upon transfer to the Navy, she had initially been named and classed as gunboat USS Natchez ...
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