Herreshoff #187604ep Speedwell
Particulars
Type: Steamer
Launch: 1876
Construction: Wood
LOA: 45' (13.72m)
LWL: 41' (12.50m)
Beam: 6' 9" (2.06m)
Draft: 2' 8" (0.81m)
Displ.: 15,000 lbs (6,804 kg)
Propulsion: Steam, Herreshoff, Simple exp., 2 cyl. (2x3 1/2" bore x 7" stroke)
Boiler: Coil; 34 1/2" dia.; [from AYL 1884]
Built for: Langdon, Walter
Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.
Drawings
List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #187604ep Speedwell are listed in bold.
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Dwg 093-000 (HH.5.07733): Drawing of Name Board for Boat (ca. 1876)
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Documents
Other Contemporary Text Source(s)
"The following is a list of the steam yachts built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, R.I: ... Speedwell, built 1876, for Walter Langdon. Length, 45 feet; breadth, 6 feet 9 inches; depth, 3 feet 3 inches; draught, 2 feet 8 inches; speed, 12 miles per hour. ..." (Source: Jaffray, Edward S. "American Steam Yachting." Outing, April 1886, p. 23-25.)
Registers
1885 Olsen's American Yacht List (#1453)
Name: Speedwell
Owner: Archibald Rogers; Club(s): 1 [New York], 2 [Eastern], 6 [Seawanhaka]; Port: New-York
Type & Rig Scw Str. [Screw Steamer]
Tons Old Measure 7.50; Tons New Measure 4.; LOA 45.0; LWL 41.0; Extr. Beam 6.9; Depth 3.3; Draught 2.8
Builder Herreshoff Mfg Co.; Built where Bristol, R. I.; Built when 1876
Engine H[igh] Press[ure] I[nverted] 2 Cy. 3 1/2 x 7. Coil Boiler, 20' 1 1/2"; Diam. 10 H. P. Ind[icated]
Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.
Supplement
From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
- Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.
From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff
Name: Speedwell
Type: 45' steamer
Owner: Archibald Rogers [sic, i. e. Walter Langdon, Rogers was owner in 1884 as per American Yacht List 1885]
Year: 1876
Row No.: 644
Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.
Research Note(s)
"Speedwell may well be #32p [Open Yacht] which had nearly the same hull dimensions and identical engine and boiler dimensions. Speedwell is listed only in the 1884 and 1886 American Yacht Lists, not before. Note, however, that Speedwell is consistently said to have been built in 1876, rather than 1877." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 19, 2009.)
"The Bristol Phoenix of June 2, 1877, p. 2 suggests that #32p was built in 1876 for a customer who died prior to the delivery. This would explain why Speedwell was listed as having been built in 1876." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 11, 2016.)
"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Old Measurement Tons (7.5) from the 1885 Olsen's American Yacht List (New Measurement Tons were reported as 4) and converting to lbs by dividing through 2000 (short tons). Note that this figure can only be a rough estimate because register tons as reported in Yacht Registers correlate only loosely with actual displacement figures." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 17, 2015.)
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