Sunbeam

Sunbeam
Rig Class.Steam Ship
Year built:1874
General characteristics
Ton:465 tons
Beam:
Between 6 July 1876 and 27 May 1877 Brassey circumnavigated the world in his steam-assisted three-masted topsail-yard schooner Sunbeam. This voyage is said to have been the first circumnavigation by a private yacht.

His son Thomas left the Sunbeam at Rio de Janeiro in order to return to school in England. His wife Annie, Lady Brassey (1839–1887), published an account of the cruise entitled In The Trades, The Tropics, & The Roaring Forties, or alternatively A Voyage In The Sunbeam: Our Home On The Ocean For Eleven Months.

Owners

Namefromto
The 1st Earl Brassey GCB, RNR 1874 1882

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