Historic Museum interest Yachting sterling silver trophy 1930

1930 dated sterling 3,1kg: (6.8 pounds) giant silver trophy for Westward Cup.
Total height 45cm / 18"
Silversmith Walker & Hall / Sheffield

Inscribed
"WESTWARD CUP"
"For International 6 Metres" (This is not the size of boat but type of boat. Westward was 135ft = 41m)
"Presented By T.B. Davis" (please read bio below)
"Commemorating his schooner"
"WESTWARD"
"First racing in Cannes"
"Mars 1930"



Built in 1910 Westward schooner was purchased in 1923 by the seaman-turned-millionaire Thomas Benjamin Davis, a native of the Channel Islands and holder of an Extra Master's ticket. Under Davis, Westward raced such celebrated competitors as Bluenose, Britannia, and Shamrock V, and on August 5, 1935, she beat every other vessel in the Royal Yacht Squadron's Regatta, including a clutch of J-boats. When in 1936 his king, friend, and racing rival George V died, T.B. Davis, a South African, who sailed her with distinction in European waters for nearly two decades. In accordance with his will, Mr. Davis' daughter had WESTWARD sunk in the Hurd Deep, off Jersey, in the Channel Islands, where Mr. Davis had kept WESTWARD for many years.

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