Remembering History: Edith Bishop's 310 foot "Iolanda" by jdpb63, via Flickr - Edith Bishop's 310 foot "Iolanda" Edith Bishop's "Iolanda," originally built for Morton F. Plant. Edith Bishop was, first, Mrs. Moses Taylor, then Mrs. G.J. Guthrie Nicholson. Iolanda was based out of her Portsmouth estate "Glen Farm" or "The Glen," and was used to cruise to her Villa Taylor in Marrakech. She sold it to the British government in 1940 for $5 to help the war effort. One of the largest privately owned yachts in the world in the early 1900's

Edith Bishop's 310 foot "Iolanda" by jdpb63, via Flickr - Edith Bishop's 310 foot "Iolanda" Edith Bishop's "Iolanda," originally built for Morton F. Plant. Edith Bishop was, first, Mrs. Moses Taylor, then Mrs. G.J. Guthrie Nicholson. Iolanda was based out of her Portsmouth estate "Glen Farm" or "The Glen," and was used to cruise to her Villa Taylor in Marrakech. She sold it to the British government in 1940 for $5 to help the war effort. One of the largest privately owned yachts in the world in the early 1900's

Edith Bishop's 310 foot "Iolanda" by jdpb63, via Flickr - Edith Bishop's 310 foot "Iolanda" Edith Bishop's "Iolanda," originally built for Morton F. Plant. Edith Bishop was, first, Mrs. Moses Taylor, then Mrs. G.J. Guthrie Nicholson. Iolanda was based out of her Portsmouth estate "Glen Farm" or "The Glen," and was used to cruise to her Villa Taylor in Marrakech. She sold it to the British government in 1940 for $5 to help the war effort. One of the largest privately owned yachts in the world in the early 1900's