TS ''Vanadis'' was a large steel yacht designed by Clinton Crane of Tams, Lemoine & Crane in New York, built at A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse,

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and launched in January 1908. She was rigged as a triple

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and, unusually for the day, was originally powered by

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s. Capable of 16.4 knots at full speed, she was registered at 1,091 tons gross and measured in length with a beam. After just two years she was repowered with a

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. She was originally ordered by

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, an industrialist and philanthropist residing in New York City. She was sold in 1916 to

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. She was then used by the Russian Navy under the name of ''Poryvs'' from 1917 to 1919. Sold to Baron de Linder and renamed ''Finlandia'', in 1922 sold to the French yachtswoman Virginie Hériot. In 1925 she was bought by Lt. Cmdr. Montague Grahame-White for his charter business and renamed to ''Ianara''. Sold for the last time in 1935, she was reportedly broken up in 1938.The Royal Thames Yacht Club's steam yacht Ianara
/ref> TS Ianara by Luca Papaluca

References

Notes Further reading * Clinton H. Crane
''Comparative results in steam and coal consumption with turbines, reciprocating engines and a combination of the two in the steam yacht Vanadis.''
1908 ships Ships built on the River Clyde {{Ship-stub