Herreshoff #190203ep [Power Tender for #216p Zinganee]
Particulars
Type: Columbia Power Tender
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1902-3-18 ?
Trial: 1902-5-24
Construction: Wood
LOA: 14' 6" (4.42m)
Displ.: 350 lbs (159 kg)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Mohler & DeGress, 3.5 h.p.
Built for: Moore, William H.
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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.
Model
Model number: 706Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right
Vessels from this model:
Original text on model:
"Original COLUMBIA lifeboat for 499 14' [long] scale 1/12 Nov. 1899 gig for #503 506, 507 [unreadable] (cut dinghy 520 16x14 7 1/2" frames dinghy for 624 scale 10 3.4 over 16 * 10-8 [unreadable] / 529, 532, 533, 534 16x14 add-on bow changed and shear raised remeasured Dec. 4, 1909. Boats for 692 and later" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"14' lifeboat of 1899 for the cutter Columbia. Also used, with alterations to scale, mold spacing, freeboard, and with sailing rig added, for many other rowboats, sailing dinghies, and tenders. This shape became HMCo's standard for decades to follow." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.
Drawings
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Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #190203ep [Power Tender for #216p Zinganee] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 002-022 (HH.5.00022); General Arrangement > Gasoline Launch 14'-6", Mould as for Rowboat 11'-6" Shear Raised 2 1/2" (1902-03-18)
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Documents
Nathanael G. Herreshoff
"May 25, 1902
Trial of 14ft Gasoline Launch for st[eame]r 216 [#216p] Zinganee.
Fitted with 3hp high speed motor.
Weight complete without crew 350lbs. W[ei]g[h]t of storage battery used today about 55lbs. One on boat (Sidney) 140[lbs]. Total 555lbs.
Dist[ance] run VanWickle wharf to Hog Is[land] wharf .68 miles.
[Followed by tabulated trial run data with mean speed being 8.2mph]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Trials Booklet '1898 - 1909' under date of May 25, 1902. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)
Archival Documents
"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (mostly in pencil but also in ink) trials booklet titled '1898 - 1909'. Relevant contents:
§19: #190203ep [POWER TENDER FOR #216p ZINGANEE] Trial Run mean speed 8.2mph (1902-05-25)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE09_00060. Folder [no #]. 1898-09 to 1911-04.)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"Mould as for Rowboat 11'-6" Sheer raised 2 1/2". For #216 [#216p Zinganee] + 591 [#591s Irolita I]. Rowboat 11'-6" Dr 76-17 [Note: Drawing 76-17 was later named drawing 28-21].
Spalpeen launch (perhaps) [possibly as a later annotation]
Planking 1/4" Cedar lapped in narrow strakes. Grating of elm with mahogany border. WT Bulkheads. Frame spaces 7 1/2'. Gasoline Engine 3 1/2 Brake H. P. (Mohler + DeGress) Cyl. 3 3/4" dia x 3 1/2" stroke. Revolutions up to 1800 [as per notes on drawing 2-22]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the original plan date. Plan 2-22 from which this boat was built was drawn 1902-03-18. #216p Zinganee [Zingaree] (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1901-10. This boat's contract or building date is about 6 months after #216p Zinganee [Zingaree] was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"Built in 67 days (contract to trial; equivalent to 5 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)
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