HMCo #454s Lagopa [Lagofa]

Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Lagopa [Lagofa]
Type: One-Rater Fin Keel
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1895-4-20
Finished: 1895-6-21
Construction: Wood
LOA: 27' 10" (8.48m)
LWL: 19' 6" (5.94m)
Beam: 5' 9" (1.75m)
Draft: 5' 6" (1.68m)
Rig: Gaff Sloop
Sail Area: 707sq ft (65.7sq m)
Displ.: 2,724 lbs (1,236 kg)
Keel: FK
Ballast: Lead
Built for: Clarke-Jervoise, Sir Arthur [ordered by J. Beavor Webb]
Amount: $1,650.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Shipped to England

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 #6Model number: 6
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room East Wall

Vessels from this model:
12 built, modeled by NGH
#442s Houri (1894)
#443s Adelaide (1894)
#444s Vaquero I (1894)
#445s Dorothy (1894)
#446s Alerion II (1894)
#447s Celia (1894)
#453s Vaquero II (1895)
#454s Lagopa [Lagofa] (1895)
#457s Osprey (1895)
#458s Mist (1895)
#478s [Half-rater for A. J. Drexel] (1896)
#496s Spook (1898)

Original text on model:
"21' WL of 1894 (No. 442, 443, 444, 445, 447 28' 446 ALERION 2 scale)
1895 (28' WL 453 VAQUERO 15" scale ________ 12" scale, 454 LAGODA 19' 6", No. 457 OSPREY 15' 7" WL,
1896 458 27' WL, 478 15'7" WL 1/2 RATER" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"#442 Houri, 21' lwl fin-keel sloop of 1894. Also used for #443 Adelaide, #444 Vaquero, #445 Dorothy, #447 Ceila, and with scale change for #446 Alerion, 28' lwl of 1894, #453 Vaquero II, 26' lwl of 1895, #495 Lagofa, 19'6" lwl of 1895, #457 Osprey, 14'5" lwl of 1895, #458 Mist, 27' lwl of 1895, and #478, 14'5" lwl half-rater of 1896." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Related model(s):
Model 1109 by NGH? (1897?); sail, not built
{?}: Fin Keel???


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.


Offsets

Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.093

Offset booklet contents:
#453, #454, #458, #463 [sloops Vaquero II, Lagofa, Mist, Asahi].


Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 075-040 B (HH.5.05432) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #454s Lagopa [Lagofa] are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 130-023 (HH.5.10325): Sails > Vaquero II and Lagofa (1895-04-24)
  2. Dwg 075-040 B (HH.5.05432); Construction Dwg > # 454 (1895-05 ?)
  3. Dwg 075-040 A (HH.5.05431); Construction Dwg > No. 455 (1895-05-15)
  4. Dwg 064-018 (HH.5.04494): Rudder for # 454 (1895-05-23)
  5. Dwg 080-040 (HH.5.05951): Spars for 454 (1895-05-28)
  6. Dwg 078-025 (HH.5.05743): For # 454 [Eye Bolt, Mast Heel Band] (1895-06-05)
  7. Dwg 096-003 (HH.5.07959): Sails > No. 454 Cutting Plan of Sails (1895-06-11)
  8. Dwg 127-017 (HH.5.09885): Sails > No. 454 Cutting Plan of Sails (1895-06-11)
  9. Dwg 078-024 (HH.5.05742): Chainplate for # 454 (1895-06-12)
  10. Dwg 127-018 (HH.5.09886): Sails > Sails for # 454 (1895-07-17)
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.
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

Other Modern Text Source(s)

"... The season of 1892 will also be remembered by the success of the little Herreshoff boat, 'Wee Winn,' in the 1-rating class. ...
Although 'Gareth' [designed by Nicholson in 1892] was the best boat of the year [1893 in the 2 1/2-rater class], 'Meneen' [#438s] a Herreshoff production, made a great name as a light weather flier, and created quite as much sensation as did the Herreshoff 1-rater 'Wee Winn,' [#425s] in the previous season.
On the Clyde an interesting class of 2-raters continued in fashion, but 'Wenonah' [#415s] the American crack, still held the sway.
The Herreshoff boats about this period played an important part in British waters, for Miss Sutton's 'Morwena' [#431s] more than held her own against the Solent fleet of 1-raters, of which the Payne-designed 'Sacharissa,' and the Sibbick-designed 'Tartar' were the most conspicuous. The little American fliers were very light displacement craft, and their success to a great extent precipitated the introduction of the 'pram' bow in our waters, as this was a prominent feature in all the Herreshoff designs. ...
In [1894 in] the 2 1/2- and 1-rating classes it is curious to note that British designers, having made a study of light displacement craft, turned out some boats that could completely outsail the representatives from Mr. Herreshoff's board, 'Vaquero' [#453s] 2 1/2-rater. and 'Lagopa,' [#454s] 1-rater, that were shipped across the Atlantic to compete in Solent waters. The Sibbick 2 1/2-rater 'Lorette,' which, as an all-round performer, was about on a par with 'Gareth,' and Mr. Nicholson's 1895 production [p. 415] 'Corolla,' met 'Vaquero,' the Herreshoff boat, five times, defeated her on four occasions, and was some distance ahead when she took the ground during the fifth match. ..." (Source: Henry Charles Howard Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sport & Games - Volume 4. London, 1911, p. 414-415.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] Printed leaflet titled 'Rules For the Class of One Rating Centre Board Boats'. Undated. [HMCo built only two One-Raters for export to England: #431s MORWENA (1892/1893 and #454s LAGOPA (1895). Both had fin keels, not centerboards. Nonetheless, one might speculate that this document was related to one of them.]" (Source: Royal Mersey YC (creator). Leaflet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_76080. Measuring and Measurement Rules (Box 2), Folder B2F18, formerly MRDE15. No date (1895 ??).)


"N/A"

Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #454s Lagopa [Lagofa] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


Supplement

From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
  • Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.
From the 1931 HMCo-published Owner's List

Name: Lagofa
Type: J & M
Length: 19'6"
Owner: Jevis, Sir A. C. and H. B. Webb

Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.

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: Lagofa
Type: 19' 6" J & M
Owner: Sir A. C. Jarvis and H. B. Webb
Row No.: 367

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.

From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Month: Apr
Day: 20
Year: 1895
E/P/S: S
No.: 0454
Name: Lagofa
LW: 19' 6"
B: 5' 9"
D: 5' 0"
Rig: J & M
K: FK
Ballast: Lead
Amount: $1650.00
Notes Constr. Record: shipped to England
Last Name: Webb for Sir A.C. Jarvis
First Name: H. B.

Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.

Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

Research Note(s)

"Exported to England." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

"The name Lagopa may be derived from Lagopus Lagopus. As per Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_ptarmigan, retrieved February 15, 2022), this is the latin name for the willow ptarmigan, a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is also known as the willow grouse and in Ireland and Britain as the red grouse. It breeds in birch and other forests and moorlands in northern Europe, the tundra of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and Canada, in particular in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebecand is the state bird of Alaska. The latin name is derived from Ancient Greek lagos 'hare' + pous 'foot', in reference to the bird's feathered feet which allow it to negotiate frozen ground." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 15, 2022.)

"Built in 62 days (contract to finished; equivalent to $27/day, 44 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.

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