| | | | _Kittiwake_| " " | 185 | 160 |Lord Carnegie. | | | | _Lutra_ | " " | 250 | 160 |Colonel Malcolm. | | | | _Greta_ | " " | 340 | 170 |John Scott, Esq., | | | | C.B. | | | | _Erin_ |Triple-expansion, 4 cyl.| 2500 | 180 |Sir Thomas Lipton, | | | | Bart. | | | | _Tuscarora_| " " " | 1030 | 170 |Wm. Clark, Esq., | | | | Paisley. | | | | _Greta_ | " " " | 480 | 170 |John Scott, Esq., | | | | C.B. | | | | _Lutra_ | " " " | 480 | 170 |Lord Malcolm of | | | | Poltalloch. | | | | _Margarita_| {Twin-screw, triple} | 5200 | 200 |A. J. Drexel, Esq., | {expansion, four } | | | Philadelphia, | {cylinders in each } | | | U.S.A. | {engine } | | | | | | | _Waihi_ | Triple-expansion | 130 | 170 |J. Bulloch, Esq. | | | | _Saevuna_ | Compound | 75 | 130 |Maurice Bernard | | | | Byles, Esq. | | | | _Grianaig_ | Triple-expansion | 740 | 190 |R. Sinclair Scott, | | | | Esq. | | | | _Beryl_ | " " | 910 | 200 |Baron Inverclyde. -----------+------------------------+------+------+------------------- The _Erin_, now owned by Sir Thomas Lipton, Bart., was designed and built in 1896 for a Sicilian nobleman and was purchased later by the popular baronet and sporting yachtsman. One of the largest vessels of her time, she was 250 ft. long, and of 1330 tons displacement. The four-cylinder, carefully-balanced engines, of 2500 horse-power, gave her a sea speed of 15-1/2 knots. A view of this well-known yacht is given on Plate XXI., facing page 63.
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