Herreshoff #190602ep [Power Tender for #658s Irolita II]
Particulars
Type: Colonia Power Tender
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1906-3-29 ?
Delivered: 1906-5 ?
Job No.: 3844
Construction: Wood
LOA: 17' 0" (5.18m)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Buffalo, 2 h.p.
Built for: Clark, E. Walter
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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: 18Model location: H.M.M. Model Room East Wall
Vessels from this model:
36 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"Sailing dingy for COLONIA July 1901 1/12
Numbers 217 and 218 (1903) frame spaces 8 1/2" instead of 7 1/2" raised 1/2" stem 6" aft flared out to 5' 5" beam Model cut away forward and remeasured before #218 set up Dec. 1901
1923 (01?) sailing cutter for ROAMER 1925 sailing cutter for Rob. Tod 1926 sailing dinghy for Charles Goodwin." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"#568 17'3" loa sailing dinghy of 1901 for the cutter Colonia. Also, with modifications, #217 Maisie and #218 Carmen, 20 loa electric launches of 1901, sailing cutter for the steam yacht Roamer, sailing cutter for the schooner Katoura, and sailing dinghy for Charles Goodwin." (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 #190602ep [Power Tender for #658s Irolita II] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 002-043 (HH.5.00042); Construction Dwg > Launch - IC, 17' O.A., 4'-3" B, Gasoline (1906-03-29)
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Dwg 068-070 (HH.5.04876): Steering Gear and Gasoline Tank for 17' Launch (2-43) (1906-03-31)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"Moulds 10 3/4 / 12 of original figs. Sheer raised 8" forward, 7" on [unlegible] aft, stern raised [unlegible]. Frame spaces 8 1/2". Stern mahogany 3/4" thick. Planking mahogany square seams 11/32" thick. Sheer strake mahogany. Thwarts 3/4" mahogany. 2 H.P. Buffalo motor. Position of motor and thwarts is changed, see blue print April 7, 1906 [as per notes on drawing 2-43]." (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 3844 was assigned ca. 1906-03-29. Plan 2-43 from which this boat was built was drawn 1906-03-29. #658s Irolita II (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1906-01-06. This boat's contract or building date is 82 days after #658s Irolita II was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
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