page_title: TS Vanadis
hierarchical_section_title: TS Vanadis
caption_attribution_description: English: The turbine yacht TS Vanadis was designed by Clinton Crane of Tams, Lemoine &amp; Crane in New York, built by A. &amp; J. Inglis in Glasgow and launched in 1908.
context_page_description: The turbine yacht TS Vanadis was designed by Clinton Crane of Tams, Lemoine & Crane in New York, built at A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow and launched in January 1908. She was built of steel, rigged as a triple screw schooner and, unusually, was powered by steam turbines. Capable of 16.4 knots at full speed, she was registered at 1,091 tons gross and measured 232 feet in length with a 32.7 feet beam.
  She was originally ordered by C.K.G. Billings, an industrialist and philanthropist residing in New York City. She was sold in 1916 to Morton F. Plant. She was then used by the Russian Navy under the name of Poryvs from 1917–1919. 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.
context_section_description: The turbine yacht TS Vanadis was designed by Clinton Crane of Tams, Lemoine & Crane in New York, built at A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow and launched in January 1908. She was built of steel, rigged as a triple screw schooner and, unusually, was powered by steam turbines. Capable of 16.4 knots at full speed, she was registered at 1,091 tons gross and measured 232 feet (71 m) in length with a 32.7 feet (10.0 m) beam.
  She was originally ordered by C.K.G. Billings, an industrialist and philanthropist residing in New York City. She was sold in 1916 to Morton F. Plant. She was then used by the Russian Navy under the name of Poryvs from 1917–1919. 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.
caption: The hull of the turbine yacht TS Vanadis
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