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Built for for Captain Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson (1822-85) and launched in 1859, Aline was a handsome twin-masted wooden racing schooner yacht designed by Ben Nicholson (allegedly with Thellusson’s help) and built at the Gosport yard of Camper & Nicholson. She was the successor to Thellusson’s earlier 84 ton yacht Georgiana (designed by William Camper) launched in 1854; Aline registered at 113 tons, was 114’9” long with a 21’10” beam and draft of 11’6”
. Most strikingly she used nearly vertical rather than raked masts which supported a total sail area of 8,590
sqare feet and was one of the first yachts to have a running bowsprit. These more than proved their worth and debunked the myth that had settled on yacht design since the America’s victory in 1851 that raked masts were a superior design. She quickly justified these innovations and secured her reputation as the best known prize racing yacht of the era, until Britannia displaced her in 1893. She immediately delivered her delighted owner a series of impressive victories beginning with the Queen’s Cup on the 1st August 1860 and the Round Island Race the next day. She continued to deliver winning performances for several years and in August 1876 was matched privately against the Prince of Wale’s yacht Hildegarde: several hours into the race, Aline’s lead was so great that Hildgarde gave up. Sold the next year to Sir Richard Sutton and again in 1877 to Lord Hastings who won again in a re-match against the Prince of Wales, still in Hildegarde. Four years later the H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) acquired the yacht and he used it regularly although does not seem to have raced her seriously. She participated in the 1887 Golden Jubilee regatta and remained with him until he built Britannia in 1893. Sold in 1895 to the Egyptian Prince Muhammed Ibrahim Halim Pasha (1870-1951), what became of her after that is not clear, but she disappeared from the register after 1904.
This model may be viewed courtesy off Pizza Express, Olympia Way, throughout March and April 2012. Please refer to the map inside back cover. Charles Miller Ltd is grateful for their kind assistance.
END OF SALE Arthur Wellington Fowles (1815-1883): The Prince of Wale’s
‘Hildegarde’ racing ‘Aline’ in 1877 and which ‘Aline’ won by a large margin. Four years later the Prince acquired ‘Aline’
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