Herreshoff #192803es [Dinghy for #725s Resolute]
Particulars
Type: Columbia Rowboat
Designed by: NGH
Finished: 1928-12
Construction: Wood
LOA: 16' 0" (4.88m)
Beam: 4' 9" (1.45m)
Rig: None (rowboat)
Centerboard: No centerboard
Built for: Clark, E. Walter
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: 706Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right
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Original text on model:
"Original COLUMBIA lifeboat for 499 14' [long] scale 1/12 Nov. 1899 gig for #503 506, 507 [unreadable] (cut dinghy 520 16x14 7 1/2" frames dinghy for 624 scale 10 3.4 over 16 * 10-8 [unreadable] / 529, 532, 533, 534 16x14 add-on bow changed and shear raised remeasured Dec. 4, 1909. Boats for 692 and later" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"14' lifeboat of 1899 for the cutter Columbia. Also used, with alterations to scale, mold spacing, freeboard, and with sailing rig added, for many other rowboats, sailing dinghies, and tenders. This shape became HMCo's standard for decades to follow." (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 028-061 [076-140] (HH.5.02060)](../Images_Drawings/250px/HH.5.02060.jpg)
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Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
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Dwg 028-061 [076-140] (HH.5.02060); Construction Dwg > 16'-0" x 4'-9" x 2'-1" Rowboat (1923-02-20)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"New boat for Resolute frame spaces 7 1/2" [as opposed to 8 1/4" on original plan], Dec 1908; drawn by H.[erbert] F. Newman, approved by A. S. DeW. H., scantlings from molds of 'Columbia' Life Boat, see [plan] (76-110), sheer height was reduced one strake according to Mr. Clarke's [Resolute's owner] wishes, as per notes on plan 28-54 [later named 28-42 Dinghy for #719s Vagrant II], as per info on plan 28-61." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
"This vessel's building date was determined from notes on the original plan. Plan 28-61 (formerly 76-140) from which this boat was built was drawn 1923-02-20. #725s Resolute (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1913-09-22. This boat's contract or building date is about 15.2 years after #725s Resolute was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
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