Herreshoff #189601es [Cutter for #184p Porter]

Particulars

Name: [Cutter for #184p Porter]
Type: Yacht Tender
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1896-7 ?
Launch: 1896
Construction: Wood
LOA: 18' 6" (5.64m)
Built for: U.S. Navy

See also:
#189603es [Boat for #184p Porter] (1896)
#184p Porter (1897)

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 #701Model number: 701
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right Door

Vessels from this model:
8 built, modeled by NGH
#189301es [Cutter for #435s Colonia] (1893)
#189303es [Cutter for #437s Vigilant] (1893)
#189501es [Cutter for #452s Defender] (1895)
#189601es [Cutter for #184p Porter] (1896)
#189602es [Cutter for #185p Dupont] (1896)
#189701es [Cutter for #186p Vacuna] (1897)
#189801es [Cutter for #499s Columbia] (1898)
#190224es [Cutter for #429s Navahoe] (1902)

Original text on model:
"Cutter for 435, 437 (1893), 452 (1895), 18? (1896), 186 (1897), 499 (1898)" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"Tenders for the America's Cup cutters Colonia, Vigilant, Defender and Columbia. Also for the steam yacht Vacuna and one unidentified vessel [possibly #184p Porter or #185p Dupont]." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

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

Main drawing Dwg 028-012 [075-032] (HH.5.02007) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   Herreshoff #189601es [Cutter for #184p Porter] are listed in bold.
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  1. Dwg 028-012 [075-032] (HH.5.02007); Construction Dwg > 18 1/2 Foot Boat for Yachts Nos. 435 and 437 (1893-05-26)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
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Documents

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] Two sets of penciled pantograph hull sections of two different designs titled in right margin 'July 4th 1896. Figures for Capt. Converse for one 18ft 6in boat [and] one 14[ft] 3[in] boat for torpedo boats 6 & 7 [#189601es Cutter for #184p Porter, #189602es Cutter for #185p Dupont, #189603es Boat for #184p Porter, #189604es Boat for #185p Dupont]'. One set is marked 'Sections of cutter [from Model 701] designed for Nos 435 - 437 [#189301es Cutter for #435s Colonia and #189303es Cutter for #437s Vigilant]. Scale 1in' with calculations arriving at a displacement of 49.5cuft = 3180lbs and 'Disp[lacement] as per model 3180lbs. Est[imated] disp. of keel & deadwood 153[lbs]. [Sum] 3333[lbs]' and 'Estimates w[ei]ght of boat, oars & fittings 500lbs. Estimated weight of 17 persons 2833lbs. [Sum] 333[lbs]'. The other set is marked 'Sections of Rowboat, Regulation size [probably from Model 121]. Scale 1in' and calculations arriving at a displacement of 26.44cuft = 1700lbs and 'Estimated w[ei]ght of boats with oars & fittings 275lbs. Estimated w[ei]ght of 9 persons 1500lbs. [Sum] 1775[lbs]' and 'Disp[lacement] as per model 1700[lbs]. Disp[lacement] of Keel deadwood 75[lbs]. [Sum] 1775[lbs]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_05990. Folder [no #]. 1896-07-04.)
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Supplement

Research Note(s)

"NGH's note on the original model 'Cutter for ... 18? (1896) ...' may be a reference to #184p Porter or #185p Dupont." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

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