Herreshoff #192801ep [Power Tender for #1074s Sheerness]

"[Item Description:] Typed 'Specifications For A 54ft 8in W.L. Sloop [#1074s SHEERNESS]'. Also mentioning two small boats (#192801ep Power Tender for #1074s SHEERNESS and #192804es Dinghy for #1074s SHEERNESS). With penciled note in upper margin 'Drafting Room. #1074.' 6 pages." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.026. Specifications. Box HAFH.6.1B, Folder Hull No. 1074s. No date (1927-08-02).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #192801ep [Power Tender for #1074s Sheerness] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

"This entry was added to Maynard Bray dinghy database by CvdL as per entry for plan 2-109 in Hart Nautical plans database." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)

"Note that the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné currently lists three small boats for #1074s Sheerness, while the Specifications for Sheerness (held at the Herreshoff Marine Museum) list only two small boats." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 9, 2018.)

"Frame spaces 8 1/2"; Molds 15/12 of new figures in book for #718 [Alerion III] ... Job # 1074-70 as per notes on plan 002-109 (HH.5.0112). This note suggests that this power tender was built on the molds of the dinghy for Alerion #718s." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 15, 2020.)

"This vessel's contract date was estimated from the date of the vessel it was made for. #1074s Sheerness (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1928. Plan 2-109 from which this boat was built was drawn 1927-11-22." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)

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