Historical Summary:
During the 90+ years she was afloat, Conquest has been owned by a flapper whose ghost is now said to haunt a Washington hotel, participated in a world war, hosted First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, made a Playboy Playmate of the Month look reasonably nautical, housed a seasick parrot, and won the Newport Harbor Yacht Club Opening Day Commodore's Award and Werner Trophy. Conquest has seen a lot, but with a long line of owners who kept her in Bristol condition, her age never showed.
Update 11/14/23: Unfortunately, Conquest was lost to an explosion and fire -- see comment in sidebar.
. . . Read her past history at:
CONQUEST, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE VESSEL, by James Wolcott, SC Fleet Member,
CYA Newsletter June 2016
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Comments:
Conquest (1929 Stephens) is gone. She had an engine room explosion followed by a fire and was completely destroyed. She had been out doing Veteran's Day cruises and her engine died coming into the dock. The other engine was not running. They docked her, everyone got off, and while trying to restart the port engine the engine room blew up. Amazingly no one was seriously injured. [Reported 11-14-23]
I am greatly saddened by this loss, and my family is only beginning to process it. -Jim Wolcott, 11-16-23