Herreshoff #191904ep [Power Launch for #827s Ohonkara]
Particulars
Type: Power Launch
Designed by: ASdeWH
Contract: 1919 ?
Construction: Wood
LOA: 19' 6" (5.94m)
Beam: 5' 4" (1.63m)
Displ.: 1,221 lbs (554 kg)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Universal
Built for: Tucker, Carll
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 on plan 2-78 (power launch for #719s Vagrant) which was built from this model." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 27, 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.)
Note: "Reference to offset booklet HH.4.040 was added by CvdL because this boat was built from the same construction plan as other sisterships that were specifically mentioned in it." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. April 24, 2021.)
Drawings
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Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #191904ep [Power Launch for #827s Ohonkara] 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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Dwg 082-074 (HH.5.06346): Awning for # 827 Launch (1920-07-01)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"This entry was added to the HCR as per a note on plan 2-78 (power launch for #719s Vagrant) which indicates that a power launch for Ohonkara with the same dimensions was built (estimated date 1919)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2014.)
"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the contract date of #827s Ohonkara, the schooner this launch was built for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 27, 2014.)
"Weight 1221lbs." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Penciled Notes.] Vagrant II Construction Plan 2-78. April 28, 1913.)
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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