Herreshoff #192001ep [Power Launch for #374p Alert]
Particulars
Type: Power Launch
Designed by: ASdeWH
Contract: 1920-5-11 ?
Construction: Wood
LOA: 19' 4.5" (5.91m)
Beam: 5' 4.5" (1.64m)
Propulsion: Gasoline
Built for: Stone, Charles A.
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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: 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 construction plan 2-100 notes that this boat was built from moulds of #284p Power Launch for #719s Vagrant) which was built from this model." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 19, 2019.)
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 #192001ep [Power Launch for #374p Alert] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 002-100 (HH.5.00103): Construction Dwg > Launch - IC, 19'-4 1/2" O.A., 5'-4"[B] (1920-05-11)
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Dwg 082-073 (HH.5.06345): Awning and Detail for # 374 Launch (1930-05-27)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"Moulds of Book of #284 [Power Launch for #719s Vagrant II] - 7/8in Size.
Frames Spaced 6in.
Stem Hackmatack 1 5/8in wide.
Keel white oak forward end 1 1/4in deep, after half length 7/8in x 4 3/8in.
False keel 1 5/8in thick.
Timbers 3/4in x 3/4in, from # 12 - 12 inc. 3/4in x 1on.
Floor timbers 3/4in 1 1/2in generally nos. 12 - 21 inc. 16/16in thick.
Planking 3/8in lapstrake cedar.
Deck beams 1/2in x 1 1/4in ash, crown 35/8in in 5ft-3in.
Deck 5/16in cedar covered with canvas.
Bulkheads 3/16in + 3/16in cedar.
Bulkhead stiffeners 1/2in x 1 1/4in, spaced 6in, oak.
Clamps 1 1/4in x 1 1/4in oregon pine.
Floor forward of engine 1 1/8in x 1/2in spruce slats.
Floor aft of engine 1 1/8in x 3/8in teak.
Engine hatch beams, 1/2in thick, 1in deep.
Stern board 3/8in mahogany.
Sheer streak oak [sketch]'." (Source: HMCo Drawing 002-100 (HH.5.00103). Construction Plan "Launch for 374" dated May 11, 1920. MIT Museum, Cambridge MA. https://collections.mitmuseum.org/object/hh-5-00103/, retrieved June 19, 2019.)
"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the original plan date. Plan 2-100 from which this boat was built was drawn 1920-05-11. #374p Alert (for which this vessel was built) was finished 1920. This boat's contract or building date is 131 days after #374p Alert was finished." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
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