page_title: Anson Phelps Stokes
section_title: Nautical interests
hierarchical_section_title: Anson Phelps Stokes / Career / Nautical interests
caption_attribution_description: English: Design by Anson Phelps Stokes for naval floating fort
context_page_description: Anson Phelps Stokes was a wealthy American merchant, property developer, banker, genealogist and philanthropist. Born in New York City, he was the son of James Boulter and Caroline Stokes. His paternal grandfather was London merchant Thomas Stokes, one of the 13 founders of the London Missionary Society. His maternal grandfather, Anson Greene Phelps, was a New York merchant, born in Connecticut and descended from an old Massachusetts family.
context_section_description: Stokes was a keen yachtsman and was twice elected vice commodore of the New York Yacht Club.  The yachts he owned were Nereid, Clytie, Sea Fox and Mermaid. He was also involved with efforts to standardise the rules used in international yacht racing.
  His interests extended to naval warfare.  He designed a warship, referred to as a globular naval battery that was a floating fortress, typically used for harbour defence.  The idea came from the story of the British naval use of an island in the Caribbean called Diamond Rock.  He published and read a paper on his design called, the Ulitima, in November 1905 before the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
caption: Ultima Globular Naval Battery. Designed by Anson Phelps Stokes.
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