Heroine
Also known as: Heroine of Troy
Heroine is a wooden auxiliary yacht of 38 feet on the waterline, built in 1903 by Forrestt & Co. of Wivenhoe to Design 85 by A. Mylne & Co. She was fitted with a four-cylinder oil engine of 40 brake horsepower. Dimensions were 38 ft (length on waterline) × 11 ft beam × 7.5 ft draft, with a sail area of 1,200 square feet. The current status and location of the vessel are not known.
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Specification
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Registry & Identity
Design Archive
Sail PlanDesign No. 85
Unnamed Design
Designed 1903
Sister Yachts
7 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
Design 85, produced in 1903, falls within the early period of A. Mylne & Co.'s practice. The Glasgow office, founded in 1896, was establishing its reputation during the first decade of the twentieth century, producing designs for clients across Britain. The combination of Mylne's design with construction by Forrestt & Co. exemplifies the network of yacht builders and designers operating around 1900–1910, when many small and medium yards were adapting to the introduction of mechanical propulsion. Heroine's oil engine specification reflects contemporary practice in auxiliary yacht design.