Noya
Noya was built in 1896 to design number 11 by A. Mylne & Co., constructed by A. Robertson & Sons of Sandbank. The yacht was lost in September 1898 when she broke from her moorings in the west bay of Dunoon and was subsequently broken up on the castle rocks. Noya is documented in a contemporary account published in Yachting World in April 1921.
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History & Notes
See "Reminiscences of a Novice", Yachting World, April 1921 "Noya broke from her moorings in the west bay of Dunoon and was broken up on the castle rocks" circa end of September 1898.
Design Archive
Lines PlanDesign No. 11
Noya
Designed 1896
Historical Context
Noya was among the earliest designs produced by A. Mylne & Co., which was founded in 1896. As design number 11, she represents the office's initial period of practice, when Alfred Mylne and his associates were establishing their reputation on the Firth of Clyde. The practice would go on to become one of Scotland's foremost yacht design offices, active until approximately 1980. The loss of Noya in 1898 occurred in the formative years of the practice. The Clyde yards, including A. Robertson & Sons at Sandbank, were centres of yacht and small-ship construction during the late nineteenth century. Noya's brief existence and undocumented fate are not unusual for vessels of the period; many early designs were lost without detailed records, and contemporary accounts such as that in Yachting World are valuable sources for the practice's early history.