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Thistle was the unsuccessful Scottish challenger of the seventh America's Cup in 1887 against American defender Volunteer.
Following a few very successful years racing in Britain, Thistle was sold to the German emperor Wilhelm II (who otherwise used the SMY Hohenzollern) in 1891 for 90,000 gold marks and renamed [[METEOR (EX THISTLE)|METEOR I]]. Between 1892 and 1895 Wilhelm II raced against the Britannia owned by his uncle the Prince of Wales later King Edward VII each year at the Cowes Week. Being a more experienced yachtsmen and having the faster ship Edward won all the races comfortably.

In 1895, [[METEOR (EX THISTLE)|METEOR I]] was handed over to the German Navy in Wilhelmshaven as a school yacht and renamed [[COMET (EX METEOR)|COMET]]. In 1921, the vessel was broken up.
In the following years, the German emperor Wilhelm II had four more sailing yachts built, all under the name METEOR.
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