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It was built at the Albert Yard, Cowes, for J.Howard Taylor, who later won the gold medal in the category 3 to 10 tons at the 1900 Olympics. This yacht was authentically restored between 1999 and 2003 by the Cantiere Navale dell'Argentario, in Tuscany, and is the last 19th-century Godinet rater.
Thames Measurement, also known as Thames Tonnage, is a system for measuring ships and boats. It was created in 1855 as a variation of Builder's Old Measurement by the Royal Thames Yacht Club , and was designed for small vessels, such as yachts .
The Thames class was a revival of William Bately's design of the Richmond class 32-gun frigate from 1756. [5] [6] The Richmond design was brought back for the Royal Navy in 1804 for the Thames-class frigates because of a desire by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord St Vincent, to reduce the amount of timber being used in ships, as well as building costs. [1]
If an A Scow takes 1 hour to finish a given course, and a PD Racer takes 2 hours, the handicapped times are: A Scow: 1 hour × 100 / 61.3 = 1.63 hours; PD Racer: 2 hours × 100 / 140 = 1.43 hours; So the PD racer, although it took twice as long to finish the course, would be declared the winner.
Most boats have a positive PHRF rating, but some very fast boats have a negative PHRF rating. If Boat A has a PHRF rating of 15 and Boat B has a rating of 30 and they compete on a 1 mile course, Boat A should finish approximately 15 seconds in front of Boat B. Results are adjusted for handicap by the race committee after all competitors have ...
12 rating refers to a type of age-based content rating that applies to media entertainment, such as films, television shows and computer games. The following articles document the rating across a range of countries and mediums:
It then moved to the Doterel-class sloop-of-war HMS Gannet then moored in the Thames. The Gannet had been renamed HMS President on 16 May 1903. She served for nine years as the centre's home, until being paid off on 31 March 1911, and is now preserved in Chatham Historic Dockyard .
HMS Truculent was a British submarine of the third group of the T-class.She was built as P315 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 12 September 1942.She sank nine enemy vessels.