Herreshoff #191308es [Dinghy for #722s Katoura]

Particulars

Name: [Dinghy for #722s Katoura]
Type: Columbia Rowboat
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1913-6-1 ?
Job No.: 7128
Construction: Wood
LOA: 15' 6" (4.72m)
Beam: 4' 8" (1.42m)
Rig: None (rowboat)
Centerboard: No centerboard
Built for: Tod, Robert E.

See also:
#191301ep [Owner Launch for #722s Katoura] (1913)
#191309es [Dinghy for #722s Katoura] (1913)
#191501es [Whale Boat for #722s Katoura] (1915)
#287p [Stock launch later Crew Launch for #722s Katoura] (1912)
#302p [Owner Launch for #722s Katoura] (1916)
#304p [Owner Launch for #722s Katoura] (1916)
#722s Katoura (1914)

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 028-044 [076-112] (HH.5.02043) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   Herreshoff #191308es [Dinghy for #722s Katoura] are listed in bold.
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  1. Dwg 028-044 [076-112] (HH.5.02043); Construction Dwg > 15'-6" x 4'-8" Rowboat (1913-06-28)
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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Documents

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] Hulls, anchors and pipe berth cut-out models and diagrams. Among others deckline cut-outs for BETTY ANN, #300p SHADOW III, NOMAD, Fishers Island 31-footer, Fishers Island 23-footer, Sub Chaser 110ft x 18ft, 11ft-6in Boat [built from Plan] 76-17 [now named Plan 28-21] (76-33 [now named Plan 28-23]) for Mr Tiffany's #934 [HARLEQUIN] [this may be a reference to #191901es], 18ft-9in Launch [#191002ep] used on #692 [WESTWARD], 14ft Rowboat [#190912es] [built from Plan] 76-14 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 19ft-4 1/2in x 5ft-4in Launch [#191304ep] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 14ft-8in Gasoline Launch [#190307ep] for 590 [#590s INGOMAR], 10ft-3in Boat [# ?] for 376 [#376p ESLOMA], 18ft Dories [#191729es] for #323 [SP-2840], #293 [Power Launch for #215p ROAMER], Vosper [Torpedo Boats built from 1943 - 1944), AMC Minesweeper [#411p, #412p, #413p, #414p], 16ft-10in x 5ft-1in [#191307es Colonia Sailing Cutter] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 711 Class [New York 50s], [dinghies #191308es and #191309es] for #722 [KATOURA], 12ft [dinghy #191106es ?] for 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 25ft-10in x 6ft-1in [built from Plan] 2-83 [#191301ep Owner Launch for #722s Katoura], 11ft-0in Rowboat [# ?] between davits on #251 [LANG SYNE] Feb [19]06, 23ft-4in x 6ft-4in [#287p Stock launch later Crew Launch for #722s KATOURA]. Generally undated, the last vessels referred to appear to date from 1944." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.130. Cut-out Models and Diagrams. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Models and Diagrams. No date (1944 and earlier).)


Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #191308es [Dinghy for #722s Katoura] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


Supplement

Research Note(s)

"2 for #722 [Katoura] job #7128.
Note that plan x76-112 (as plan 28-44 was previously named) lists a breadth of 4' 3" as per Maynard Bray dinghy database, while plan 28-44 lists 4' 8"." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)

"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the approximate date of its job number. The vessel's job number 7128 was assigned ca. 1913-06-01. Plan 28-44 (formerly 76-112) from which this boat was built was drawn 1913-06-28. #722s Katoura (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1913-03-31. This boat's contract or building date is 62 days after #722s Katoura was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)

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