Gazelle RYS rescued the Empress Eugenie at the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the squadron yachts supplied British soldiers in the Crimean War.
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The burgee (a triangular shaped flag identifying yacht club membership) is differenced with a St George's Cross and crown on a white background.
Royal Navy | Royal Air Force | Royal Dutch Shell | Royal Society | Royal Albert Hall | Royal Shakespeare Company | Royal Opera House | Royal Victorian Order | Royal Engineers | Royal Australian Navy | Royal National Theatre | Royal Canadian Navy | Royal Canadian Air Force | Royal Court Theatre | Royal Marines | Royal Commission | Royal Academy of Music | Anne, Princess Royal | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | Royal Flying Corps | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Royal Australian Air Force | Royal Artillery | Royal Festival Hall | Royal College of Art | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | British Royal Family | Royal College of Music | Royal Television Society |
Lord Wilton was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 2001 in a ceremony at the Royal Yacht Squadron during the America's Cup Jubilee.
In this capacity, he was most notable for inviting members of the New York Yacht Club to race in the Royal Yacht Squadron regatta open to all nations around the Isle of Wight on 22 August 1851.