Document No 783: 371. Colonia

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AUTEUR : John S. Johnston

REF : 371

EDITION : 1893

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The 85' steel cutter Colonia was built in 1893 by the Herreshoff Company for owners Archibald Rogers, J. Pierpont Morgan, F. W. Vanderbilt & W. K. Vanderbilt as a candidate for the defense of the 1893 America's Cup. It barely lost to Vigilant in the trials to defend the 8th America's Cup in 1893 with Captain Hank Haff. According to Americascup.com, "Vigilant won the 1893 American selection trials for the Cup defence and had beaten Colonia, Jubilee and Pilgrim."

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