Herreshoff #188604es [Unbuilt 84ft LWL Sloop]
Particulars
Type: Sloop
Designed by: NGH
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1886-2-28 ?
Construction: Wood
LOA: 98' (29.87m)
LWL: 85' (25.91m)
Beam: 24' (7.32m)
Rig: Gaff Sloop
Displ.: 124.1 short tons (112.6 metric tons)
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.
Offsets
Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.210
Offset booklet contents:
#108p and #109p [steam whale boats, not used, 'see other book']; 60' torpedo boat (May 22nd, 1890); estimate of machinery for torpedo vessel for Admiral Porter; 90' sloop yacht model measurements (1885); proposed steamer yacht for J. A. Bostwick; model for large sloop (Feb 28, 1886) about 84' w. l. preliminary measurements [#188604es Unbuilt 84ft LWL Sloop]; 65' w. l. model (Sept. 13 [18]86) [#188602es Unbuilt 65ft LWL Sloop]; 65' w.l. second model (Oct. 3, 1886) [#188602es Unbuilt 65ft LWL Sloop]; preliminary model for steamer #151p; preliminary model for 60' torpedo boats (May 1890); Orienta [#89p] trail data with 'about 7 tons coal on board' showing speeds of 14.2kn and 13kn.
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Documents
Archival Documents
"[Item Description:] Penciled side-by-side half-sections with profile and displacement curve of a large yacht with plumb bow, round forefoot, long and almost straight keel and a long overhang aft. Untitled. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 3878.4cuft = 252000lbs = 126 tons [net] = 113 tons gross. Under date of February 28, 1886 NGH's design notebook describes a design for a 'Large Sloop Yacht [#188604es]' of 98ft LOA, 85ft LWL, 24ft Beam and 11ft 3in Depth and a 'Disp[lacement] by planimeter of 3878.4cuft = 126 tons' which matches the data on this plan exactly. Compare also with entry on p. 18 in offset booklet HH.4.210 'Model for large Sloop. Feb. 28, 1886. About 85 f w.l. Prelim. measurements ... Disp. 3878.4 cuft.'" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Side-by-side Half-Sections and Displacement Curves. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0582. WRDT08, Folder 45. No date (1886-02-28 ?).)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"Offsets for this design appear on p. 18 of offset booklet HH.4.210 'Model for large Sloop. Feb. 28, 1886. About 85 f w.l. Prelim. measurements ... Disp. 3878.4 cuft.' See also NGH's design notebook which under date of February 28, 1886 shows the same offsets and describes a design for a 'Large Sloop Yacht' of 98ft LOA, 85ft LWL, 24ft Beam and 11ft 3in Depth and a 'Disp[lacement] by planimeter of 3878.4cuft = 126 tons'. The Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item 2004.0001.0582, WRDT08, Folder 45 shows undated penciled side-by-side half-sections with profile and displacement curve of a large yacht with plumb bow, round forefoot, long and almost straight keel and a long overhang aft andh calculations arriving at a displacement of 3878.4cuft = 252000lbs = 126 tons [net] = 113 tons gross. The model for this design (which at the stated scale of 1/4in to the ft should have an overall length of 24.5in) has not been identified (Model 1104 and Model 1214 are similar but clearly for a shorter design)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 22, 2020.)
"Displacement 3878.4 cu.ft = 126 tons [= 248,218 lbs] from NGH notes in design booklet and offset booklet." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 22, 2020.)
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