Francis Bishop Taylor

"WHERE ARE THEY NOW? about Kaiser' Wilhelm's yacht, Meteor III, & its successive owners, 12 in number. In 1901, the Kaiser ordered the schooner yacht to be built for him by the firm of Townsend & Downey Shipbuilding Co., on Shooter Island. The designers were H. G. Barbey & A. Carey Smith, the launching took place Feb. 25, 1902, & the yeach was christened by Alice Roosevelt. The Meteor's racing record was not impressive & in 1909, she was sold to a Dr. Carl Dietrich Harries, who rechristened her to Nordstern. In 1921, she was sold to Maurice Bunau-Varilla, owner of the Paris newspaper Le Matin. In 1924, she was bought b yan Italian Baron, named Alberto Fassini. In 1932, Fassini sold the yacht to a man named Gillet, who shortly turned her ov to Campbel & Nicholsons, British yacht brokers. After a few months of idleness she was bought by an American named Francis Taylor. Taylor sailed her for several years and then sold her to Sterling Hayden who returned her to her former owner. In 1940, Taylor sold her to Gerald S. Foley who in turn sold her to a David Feinburg. Feinburg sold her to Nicholas Allen. That year the Navy requisitioned her. Today, the Meteor III, whose name was changed to Aldebaran, lies in the yard of a shipsbreaker by the name of John Witte, only a few miles from where she was built."

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1946/06/22/1946_06_22_066_TNY_CARD...