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''Lady Hutton'' is a former luxury yacht built in 1924 at Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany. She has now been converted to a hotel and restaurant ship, riding at anchor at the Riddarholmen in Stockholm since 1982.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=M/S VANADIS (1924) )〕 In addition to its size and proximity to the old city, much of her fame is tied to Barbara Hutton, for whom the ship has been named. == Background == With a 240-foot (73m) steel-and-nickel hull, this 1924 motor yacht was "the largest of its day."〔 It was originally named ''Vanadis'', was ordered by C. K. G. Billings, a Texas oil millionaire.〔 The diesel-driven vessel was his second yacht.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=M/S VANADIS (1924) )〕 Barbara Hutton, Woolworth heiress, reputedly received the vessel in 1930 as a present from her father on her 18th birthday. The yacht was twice eponymously named in Hutton's honor, and she is ''Vanadiss most celebrated owner.〔Vanadis to Lady Hutton, Kajsa Karlsson, (1987)〕 The affectation and flirtation with yachting was part of her over-the-top lifestyle, complete with such infamous quotes as: 'If you've got it, flaunt it' and also declared: 'Living well is the best revenge'. This hard-edged and vocal elitism made her unpopular with Woolworth employees and customers"poor people were reluctant to spend their hard-earned pennies at a business which had such a gargoyle at its prow."〔 Indeed, such an ostentatious lifestyle hurt the business, and was particularly unpalatable admidst the Great Depression.〔 In any event, though Hutton is popularized as though she is the current owner (by the ship's operators), she "only kept it" for one year.〔 In 1940 the yacht was sold to the British Royal Navy. After the Second World War, it was stationed in Panama and also used as a schoolship in Norway from 1948. At the start of the 1950s it was renamed ''Cort Adeles'' at Stadsgårdskajen, Sweden. The vessel was also used as a regular passenger ship to and from Åbo, Finland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=M/S VANADIS (1924) )〕 The yacht was later slated for scrap, but was purchased by a group of Swedish businessmen who spent more than $2.5 million to renovate her.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lady Hutton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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