Herreshoff #191304ep [Power Launch for #719s Vagrant II]
Particulars
Type: Power Launch
Designed by: ASdeWH
Contract: 1913-3 ?
Trial: 1913-6-12
Job No.: 7003
Construction: Wood
LOA: 19' 4.5" (5.91m)
Beam: 5' 4.25" (1.63m)
Draft: 1' 4" (0.41m)
Displ.: 1,221 lbs (554 kg)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Sterling, Simple exp., 4 cyl. (2 3/4" bore x 4 1/2" stroke); Model B1C (Kid)
Propeller: Diameter 14", Pitch 16", 3 bl[ades]. R[ight] H[and]
Built for: Vanderbilt, Harold S.
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: 411Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left
Vessels from this model:
12 built, modeled by ASdeWH
Original text on model:
"BUBBLE (285) Scale 3/4" = 1' Dec. 1911 by Sidney KATOURA's launch 1913-14 (burned)
KATOURA's second launch 1916" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"25'10" loa Bubble, gasoline launch of 1911." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Model Comment:
"Reference to model no. 411 was added by CvdL because this vessel was also described in offset booklet HH.4.40." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. July 15, 2014.)
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.4.040
Offset booklet contents:
#284, launch for Schooner #719 [Vagrant]([internal] job no. 7003).
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Drawings
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Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #191304ep [Power Launch for #719s Vagrant II] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 002-078 (HH.5.00080): Construction Dwg > Gasoline Launch 19'-6" x 5'-4" for # 719 (1913-04-28)
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Documents
Nathanael G. Herreshoff
"March 21, 1913. Job #7003. 19ft - 4 1/8[?]in. x 5ft 4 1/4in. x 1ft - 4in. Launch for Schooner #719 (Vagrant [unreadable word or number]. Frame spacing 6in. 9/12 for lengths. For breadths and depths use 7/8 = 10.5/12 scale. Sheer raised forward as follows ... Moulds marked 284 X." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene. Handwritten note in Offset Booklet HH.4.40. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. March 21, 1913.)
"[Job] # 7003. June 12, 1913.
Tender for Schooner Yacht VAGRANT (#719), 19ft-5in x 5ft-3in, weight 1221lbs. Model of #284 reduced to 3/4 length, and 7/8in height and width. Motor 'Sterling Kid', 4 cyl, 4 cyc., bore 2 3/4in, stroke 4 1/2in.
Propeller 3 blades, 14in diam[eter] x 16in pitch.
1/2 mile course [off] Poppasquash. Wind WSS light.
One on board. [followed by tabulated trial run data with best mean speed being 12.22 miles per hour]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Experiments Booklet '1911 Trial Trips and Experiments' under date of June 12, 1913. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)
Archival Documents
"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink) trials booklet titled '1911. Trial Trips and Experiments'. Relevant contents:
§17: #191304ep [POWER LAUNCH FOR #719s VAGRANT II] Trial Run best mean speed 12.22mph (1913-06-12)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator) and Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_04280. Folder [no #]. 1911-06 to 1926-05.)
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"[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).)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"This entry was added to Maynard Bray dinghy database by CvdL as per entry for plan 2-78 in Hart Nautical plans database." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the original plan date. Plan 2-78 from which this boat was built was drawn 1913-03. #719s Vagrant II (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1912-11-02. This boat's contract or building date is about 4 months after #719s Vagrant II was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"Weight 1221lbs." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Penciled Notes.] Vagrant II Construction Plan 2-78. April 28, 1913.)
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