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The Shenandoah is a three-masted schooner with a steel hull, built in the U.S. in 1902. She is a private yacht. == History == This yacht was built for the US financier Gibson Fahnestock. Her first home port was Newport, and she sailed the Mediterranean Sea until 1905. The schooner has a strong resemblance to German Emperor Wilhelm II's ''Meteor III'' which was built in the same shipyard. In 1912 she was bought by the German Walther von Brüning. Her new home port became Kiel and she was renamed ''Lasca II''. She was confiscated by the British navy during the First World War. In 1919, the yacht was acquired by Lord John Espen, who christened her ''Shenandoah''. In 1920, the yacht was sold to the Italian prince Spado Veralli, and rechristened ''Atlantis''. The yacht then changed owners numerous times until it was seized by French customs officials in 1960. In 1972 it was bought by the French industrialist Baron Bich, at which point it became a charter yacht, sailing mainly in the Mediterranean and restoring the name to ''Shenandoah''. In 1986, she was sold to the Swiss businessman Phillip Bommer, who carried out the necessary restorations at the naval shipyard McMullen & Wing,〔(McMullen & Wing )〕 in Auckland in New Zealand. The yacht has since changed owners several times. 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「Shenandoah (1902)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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