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Sunbeam

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Ship Details

Rig

Auxiliary topsail schooner of Royal Yacht Squadron

Built

1874

Tonnage

532

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Description

Yacht, owned by Lord Brassey before steam yacht built.

Media

Sunbeam

Image: Hospital ship in the Great War

Sources

Reference

Log, Yokohama to Singapore to Suez to England, 1877 by FH Freer

Location

Mitchell Library, Sydney A7144

Reference

Lord Thomas Brassey - Voyages and Travels of Lord Brassey, K.C.B., D.C.L. from 1862 to 1894 (London, 1895, two volumes)

Reference

Lady Anna "Annie" Brassey - A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam': Our Home on the ocean for eleven months (including an abstract log from Cowes, 06/07/1876 to Cowes 26/05/1877) (London 1878, etc, 11 editions)

Reference

Random extracts, 28/02/1876 - 15/05/1877 included in - A Book of Sea Journeys (edited by Ludovic Kennedy) (1981)

Reference

Lady Anna "Annie" Brassey - The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' (London 1889)

Reference

Lord Thomas Brassey - The "Sunbeam" RYS: Voyages and Experiences in many waters: Naval reserves and other matters ( 1917)

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