Herreshoff #190309ep [Power Tender for #591s Irolita I]

Particulars

Name: [Power Tender for #591s Irolita I]
Type: Columbia Power Tender
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1903-5-6 ?
Construction: Wood
LOA: 14' 6" (4.42m)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Clemick-Hirsch, 0.75 h.p.
Built for: Clark, E. Walter

See also:
#190313es [Dinghy for #591s Irolita I] (1903)
#591s Irolita I (1903)

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 #706Model number: 706
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
211 built, modeled by NGH

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

Main drawing Dwg 002-032 (HH.5.00032) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   Herreshoff #190309ep [Power Tender for #591s Irolita I] are listed in bold.
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  1. 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)
  2. Dwg 035-053 (HH.5.02612): Electric Motors Chewick [sic, i.e. Clemick] Hirsch Co (ca. 1903-04)
  3. Dwg 002-032 (HH.5.00032); Construction Dwg > 14'-6" Gasoline Launch for # 591, Mould as for 11'-6" Rowboat (Dr. 76-17), Sheer Raised 2 1/2" (1903-05-06)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
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Supplement

Research Note(s)

"Mould as for 11'-6" rowboat dr 76-17 [Note: Drawing 76-17 was later named drawing 28-21]. Sheer raised 2 1/2".
Planking 1/4" Cedar lapped in narrow strakes. Grating of elm with mahogany border. Watertight bulkheads. Frame space 7 1/2'. Motor 3/4 h.p. Clemick-Hirsch, gasoline [as per notes on drawing 2-32]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)

"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the original plan date. Plan 2-32 from which this boat was built was drawn 1903-05-06. #591s Irolita I (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1902-09-13. This boat's contract or building date is 235 days after #591s Irolita I was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)

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