Herreshoff #191003ep [Power Tender for #703s Flying Cloud]
Particulars
Type: Columbia Power Tender
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1910-11-22 ?
Finished: 1911-1-30
Job No.: 5758
Construction: Wood
LOA: 13' 6" (4.11m)
Beam: 4' 4" (1.32m)
Displ.: 500 lbs (227 kg)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Jager, 7 h.p.
Propeller: Diameter 14", Pitch 17", 3 Blade
Built for: Grinnell, F. B. & L.
See also:
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 #191003ep [Power Tender for #703s Flying Cloud] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 134-031 (HH.5.10869): Exhaust Expansion Chamber and Gasoline Tank (1907-04-10)
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Dwg 002-061 (HH.5.00063); Construction Dwg > Launch - IC, 13'-6" O.A., 4'4" [B], Gasoline (1910-11-22)
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Dwg 008-051 (HH.5.00749): Propeller Shaft for 13'-6" Jager Motor Launch # 5758 (1911-01-02 ?)
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Documents
Nathanael G. Herreshoff
"Launch for #703 Flying Cloud.
Size [blank]. Motor [blank]. Screw [blank].
Weight when completed in shop 500lbs.
Standing pull 140 to 150lbs.
Towing pull [blank].
Mean rev[olutions] per 1/2 mile 2900 - .91ft per rev.
Mean time per 1/2 mile 3m-35s = 8.36 miles per h[our]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Trials Booklet '1898 - 1909', under date of April 1911 (?). Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)
Archival Documents
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (mostly in pencil but also in ink) trials booklet titled '1898 - 1909'. Relevant contents:
§59: #191003ep [POWER TENDER FOR #703s FLYING CLOUD] Trial Run standing pull 150lbs, mean speed 8.36mph (1911-04 ?)." (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)
"13'-6" x 4'-4" Launch with 7 HP. Jager engine [job] #5758. Jager Type C. 900 rev. Moulds 10 3/4 / 12 of 14' figures as changed Dec - 1909. Frame space 7". Sheer strake oak. Stem white oak. Stern 11/16 Mahogany. Thwarts 13/16 Mahogany. Planking 5/16" Cedar narrow strakes. Floor 5/16" thick cedar. Bulkhead 5/32" Mahogany + 5/32" Cedar. Deck 5/32" Mahogany + 5/32" Cedar. [Propeller] #9805 3 Blade 17" - pitch 14" dia [as per notes on drawing 2-61]." (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 5758 was assigned ca. 1910-11-22. Plan 2-61 from which this boat was built was drawn 1910-11-22. #703s Flying Cloud (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1910-09-24. This boat's contract or building date is 59 days after #703s Flying Cloud was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"Built in 69 days (contract to finished; equivalent to 7 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)
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