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54 - CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934)
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CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934) The Prince of Wales's Yacht 'Britannia' racing off Cowes Signed and dated 'Charles Dixon 95' (lower left) En grisaille, oil on canvas 9¾ x 13½in. (25 x 34.5cm.) Britannia was built in 1893 to the plans of G. L. Watson for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), a keen and able helmsman. From the beginning, Britannia was a successful racing yacht winning races against the Kaiser's series of Meteors, among many others. All told, Britannia won over two hundred races in her career -- a record that has yet to be surpassed. She was beaten once by Navahoe, one of Herreshoff's boats, but fared better against another America's Cup yacht, Vigilant, winning twelve races out of seventeen. Never sold, she was sunk (stripped of spars and fittings) by H.M.S. Winchester in St. Katherine's Deep near the Isle of Wight on the 10th July 1936.
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