Model No. 716: Buzzards Bay 12 1/2

Model by: NGH
Made when: October 1914 (ca.)
Stated model scale: 1/10
Model length (ca.): 18.6" (47.2cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/10 (ca.): 15' 6" (4.7m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Buzzards Bay 12 1/2 Footer (100); Seawanhaka Fish Class (26); 12 1/2 Footer (211); Fish Class (Mattapoisett) (1); Warwick Fish Class (10); Fish Class Marconi (4); Larchmont 12 1/2 Footer (7); Bulls Eye 12 1/2 Footer (15); Fishers Island 12 1/2 Footer (8); Marlin Cruiser (4); 12 1/2 Footer (North Haven Foxeye) (16); Fishers Island 12 1/2 Footer (Improved Model) (5); 12 1/2 Footer (Improved Model?) (2)
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
409 built, modeled by NGH

#745s Elf (1915, Extant)

#746s Peggy (1915, Extant)

#747s Blue Fish [Bluefish] (1915, Extant)

#748s Clethra (1915, Extant)

#749s Shrimp (1915, Extant)

#750s Junco (1915)

#751s Kinglet [Ringlet] (1915, Extant)

#752s Porpoise (1915, Extant)

#753s Rhodera [Rhodora] (1915)

#754s Butterball (1915)

#755s Granny (1915)

#756s [12 1/2 for W. C. Forbes] (1915, Extant)

#757s [12 1/2 for W. C. Forbes] (1915, Extant)

#758s Chub (1915)

#759s Moro (1915, Extant)

#760s Pigmy (1915, Extant)

#761s Bonita (1915, Extant)

#762s Nettle (1915, Extant)

#765s Door Mouse (1915)

#744s Robin (1915)

#768s Kiddie (1915, Extant)

#769s Whiz (1915, Extant)

#770s King Fisher (1915, Extant)

#771s Quest (1915, Extant)

#806s Thistle (1916)

#788s Manatee (1916)

#789s Cod (1916)

#791s Shark (1916, Extant)

#813s [12 1/2 for R. Wanamaker] (1916)

#815s [12 1/2 for J. V. Brewer] (1916, Extant)

#817s [12 1/2 for A. Hunnewell] (1916)

#792s Volador [Voloder, Volador, Voledor] (1916)

#793s Whitebait [White Bait] (1916)

#794s Anchovy (1916, Extant)

#795s Snapper (1916)

#796s Shrimp (1916)

#797s Pompano (1916, Extant)

#814s Amberjack (1916, Extant)

#790s Bluefish [Blue Fish] (1916, Extant)

#798s Porpoise (1916)

#799s Grunt [Squid] (1916)

#800s Sabalo (1916)

#801s Tarpon (1916)

#802s Periwinkle (1916)

#803s Barracuda [Baracuda] (1916)

#805s Bonita (1916)

#807s Sardine (1916, Extant)

#808s Skate (1916)

#811s Eel (1916)

#812s Nahma (1916, Extant)

#816s Sculpin [Squid] (1916, Extant)

#819s Minnow (1917)

#820s Cockle (1917)

#821s Tuna (1917)

#824s [12 1/2 for H. E. Penrose] (1917, Extant)

#825s Duck (1918)

#826s Xiphias (1919, Extant)

#829s Falcon (1920)

#839s Sheldrake [Shelldrake] (1920, Extant)

#840s Opitsah (1920)

#841s Mistral II (1920)

#842s Jabberwock (1920, Extant)

#843s Bullrush [Bulrush] (1920, Extant)

#847s Penguin (1920)

#848s Doodle Bug (1920)

#862s Tom Boy (1921, Extant)

#863s Goblin (1921, Extant)

#865s Tern (1921, Extant)

#866s Man-O-War (1921, Extant)

#868s [12 1/2 for A. F. Porter] (1921)

#869s Hippo (1921, Extant)

#860s [12 1/2 Mrs. R. Bacon] (1921, Extant)

#875s [12 1/2 for Mrs. D. W. Straight] (1922, Extant)

#877s [12 1/2 for P. Y. DeHamandie] (1922)

#878s [12 1/2] (1922)

#879s Mowgli (1922, Extant)

#893s Comet Jr. (1923, Extant)

#894s Wren (1923)

#895s Cricket (1923, Extant)

#896s Manatee (1923, Extant)

#899s Kittiwake (1924)

#897s Isabel V (1924)

#898s Onwego (1924)

#901s Wanderer Jr. (1924)

#902s Doughboy (1924)

#903s Whiffus (1924, Extant)

#904s Gnome (1924, Extant)

#905s Cinch (1924, Extant)

#906s Rosinante (1924)

#916s Mr. Pip (1925, Extant)

#917s Puddle Duck (1925)

#918s Imp (1925, Extant)

#939s Sassy Sally (1925)

#943s Raggedy Ann (1925)

#952s Tern (1925)

#921s Lollypop (1925)

#922s Sally (1925)

#923s Feya (1925)

#930s The Crow (1925)

#942s Tarpoon II [Tarpon II] (1925)

#940s Katrinka (1925)

#941s Aunt Eppie (1925, Extant)

#945s Juno (1925)

#948s Bumble (1925)

#949s Sachuest (1925)

#953s Bluebill [Blue Bill, Blue Bell] (1925)

#961s Bullet (1925, Extant)

#969s Hope (1925, Extant)

#985s Matrema [Maprema] (1925, Extant)

#978s Starling (1926)

#984s Ding Hao (1926, Extant)

#986s Mummy Chug (1926, Extant)

#1005s Bull Fish (1926)

#1006s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1926)

#1007s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1926, Extant)

#1008s [12 1/2 for George B. Massey] (1926)

#1009s [12 1/2 for Mrs. Benjamin Pitman] (1926, Extant)

#1010s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1926, Extant)

#1011s Spindrift (1926)

#1012s Grand Turk [?] (1926)

#993s Sampan (1926)

#995s Swish (1926, Extant)

#994s Black Jack [Blackjack] (1926)

#979s Fanny (1926)

#1000s Perro (1926)

#972s Felix (1926)

#975s Tomboy (1926)

#976s Andy Gump (1926, Extant)

#977s Brownie (1926)

#1001s Wendur (1926)

#974s Mickey [Mickie] (1926)

#1003s Little Rhody Jr. (1926)

#973s Maggie (1926)

#1004s Widgeon (1926)

#987s Bull Finch (1926)

#988s Bull Frog (1926)

#989s Bull Head (1926)

#990s Bull Pup (1926)

#991s Bull Dog [Bulldog] (1926, Extant)

#992s Bull Terrier (1926)

#1024s Dodie (1926, Extant)

#1025s Win'ward [Winward] (1926)

#1026s Shark (1926)

#1027s [12 1/2 for Henry L. Maxwell] (1926)

#1028s [12 1/2 for Henry L. Maxwell] (1926)

#1038s [12 1/2 for Henry L. Ferguson] (1926, Extant)

#1039s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1926)

#1040s Winka (1926)

#1041s Lindy (1926)

#1042s Nancy Belle (1926, Extant)

#1043s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1926)

#1044s Malolo (1926)

#1045s Cutty Sark (1926)

#1046s Rab (1926, Extant)

#1047s Tar Baby (1926, Extant)

#1048s Beetle (1926)

#1049s Flying Fish (1926)

#1029s Weetamoo (1926)

#1030s [12 1/2 for Mrs. W. H. Clifford] (1926)

#1031s Sambo (1926)

#1032s Betty (1926)

#1033s Tern (1926)

#1062s Rambler (1927, Extant)

#1063s Widgeon (1927, Extant)

#1064s Kiki (1928)

#1065s Merganser (1928, Extant)

#1086s Shrimpo (1928, Extant)

#1068s Chemo (1928)

#1069s Spotty (1928)

#1066s Jeff (1928)

#1067s Beverly Hills (1928)

#1070s Juanita (1928, Extant)

#1081s Empress (1928, Extant)

#1072s Duckling (1928)

#1071s Sparklet (1928)

#1073s Barbakins III (1928, Extant)

#1082s Kelpie (1928)

#1083s Osprey (1928)

#1087s O Kay (1928, Extant)

#1084s Allouette (1928, Extant)

#1089s Dodo (1928, Extant)

#1085s Hope (1928, Extant)

#1090s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1928)

#1088s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1928)

#1091s Half & Half (1928)

#1095s Skipper (1928, Extant)

#1096s Ojai (1928, Extant)

#1117s R. I. Red [Rhode Island Red] (1929)

#1098s [12 1/2 for Stephen W. Carey Jr.] (1929, Extant)

#1115s Bandit (1929)

#1097s Dreadnought (1929)

#1099s Scamp (1929, Extant)

#1110s The Loiterer (1929, Extant)

#1113s Schipperke (1929, Extant)

#1114s Sea Lion (1929)

#1100s Fiddler [?] (1929, Extant)

#1092s Remora (1929, Extant)

#1111s Oriole (1929)

#1112s Flit (1929)

#1101s Thistle (1929, Extant)

#1116s Gloria II (1929)

#1102s Anne (1929)

#1103s [12 1/2 for Homer L. Sweetser] (1929)

#1106s Comet (1929)

#1104s Tiggoree [?] (1929)

#1105s [12 1/2 for Robert W. Cumming = Wender?] (1929)

#1142s Fidget (1930, Extant)

#1159s Katy-did (1930, Extant)

#1143s Gray Gull (1930)

#1144s Phantom (1930, Extant)

#1163s Betty (1930, Extant)

#1158s A-A-1 (1930, Extant)

#1162s Daphne (1930)

#1135s Windigo (1930)

#1108s [12 1/2 for Katherine R. Albers] (1930)

#1145s Wee Wunder (1930)

#1167s Felix (1930)

#1107s [12 1/2 for Dorothy C. Rogers] (1930, Extant)

#1138s Quickstep (1930, Extant)

#1134s Dolphin (1930)

#1139s Hatasu (1930)

#1168s Mary Bud (1930, Extant)

#1137s Bandit (1930, Extant)

#1160s Onal (1930)

#1136s Breeze (1930)

#1109s Buddy (1930)

#1140s Papillon (1930, Extant)

#1171s The Spider (1930)

#1169s Kathy (1930, Extant)

#1118s Woozle (1930, Extant)

#1141s Dawtok (1930)

#1161s Mischief (1930)

#1172s Black Maria (1930, Extant)

#1173s Diana (1930, Extant)

#1194s [12 1/2 for Abner Morse] (1931)

#1177s Single [Bingle] (1931, Extant)

#1170s Blue Moon (1931, Extant)

#1175s [12 1/2 for Charles S. Kelley Jr.] (1931, Extant)

#1174s Puffin (1931, Extant)

#1176s Gurgle (1931, Extant)

#1193s Will O' The Wisp (1931, Extant)

#1195s [12 1/2 for Waldo Brown] (1931)

#1191s Sizzle (1931, Extant)

#1192s Golliwogg (1931, Extant)

#1196s [12 1/2 for Theo. W. Case] (1931)

#1197s [12 1/2 for Demarest Lloyd] (1931)

#1198s [12 1/2 for Mrs. Henry Parkman] (1932, Extant)

#1199s [12 1/2 for Richard C. Paine] (1932, Extant)

#1200s Dart (1932, Extant)

#1201s Rocket (1932)

#1202s [12 1/2 for J. P. Rise] (1933)

#1206s Restless (1934)

#1207s [12 1/2 for S. J. Watts] (1934, Extant)

#1208s Frances (1934, Extant)

#1209s Peggy (1934, Extant)

#1210s [12 1/2 for W. J. Underwood] (1934, Extant)

#1211s [12 1/2 for Maj. R. S. Grigg] (1934)

#1239s [12 1/2 for John McGill] (1935)

#1277s East Wind (1935, Extant)

#1241s Jaywalker (1935)

#1278s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1935)

#1240s [12 1/2 for W. Amory] (1935)

#1237s Viking (1935, Extant)

#1236s Seal (1935, Extant)

#1238s Nobska (1935)

#1280s [12 1/2 for Charles L. Eldred] (1935, Extant)

#1279s [12 1/2 for William H. Potter] (1935)

#1281s [12 1/2 for E. C. Stollenwerck] (1935, Extant)

#1283s [12 1/2 for W. W. Aldrich] (1936, Extant)

#1284s [12 1/2 for W. W. Aldrich] (1936)

#1285s [12 1/2 for C. D. Dillon] (1936, Extant)

#1286s [12 1/2 for Mr. Maitland Alexander] (1936, Extant)

#1288s [12 1/2 for Mrs. Mary Brandagee] (1936)

#1289s [12 1/2 for B. B. Jennings] (1936, Extant)

#1290s [12 1/2 for Amos Hollingsworth] (1936, Extant)

#1291s [12 1/2 for Charles G. Cushing] (1936)

#1292s Chewink (1936, Extant)

#1293s [12 1/2 for D. W. Dilworth] (1936, Extant)

#1294s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1936, Extant)

#1295s Barbara (1936, Extant)

#1296s Patricia (1936, Extant)

#1297s [12 1/2 for Noble Foss] (1936, Extant)

#1299s [12 1/2 for R. F. Herrick] (1936, Extant)

#1301s Sistertoo (1936)

#1377s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1936)

#1282s [12 1/2 for H. V. Reed] (1936)

#1287s [12 1/2 for A. J. Drexel-Paul] (1936, Extant)

#1379s [Fish Class for H. M. Lautmann] (1936, Extant)

#1366s [12 1/2 for Gerald Barry] (1936, Extant)

#1298s Captain Kidd (1936, Extant)

#1300s [12 1/2 for Edward Cunningham] (1936)

#1365s [12 1/2 for Charles W. Hodgdon] (1936, Extant)

#1364s Argo (1936)

#1367s Little Diana (1936, Extant)

#1368s Eaumara (1937, Extant)

#1369s Puppet (1937)

#1370s [12 1/2 for R. S. Aldrich] (1937)

#1374s [12 1/2 for Nicholas Kelley] (1937, Extant)

#1375s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1937, Extant)

#1382s [12 1/2 for Roger W. Converse] (1937, Extant)

#1401s [12 1/2 for Charles L. Eldred] (1937)

#1412s [12 1/2 for Russell Leonard] (1937)

#1371s Majo (1937, Extant)

#1372s Nip (1937, Extant)

#1373s Tuck (1937, Extant)

#1420s [Marlin Cruiser for Dr. H. D. Lloyd] (1937, Extant)

#1395s [12 1/2 for Mrs. M. Cadwalader] (1937)

#1394s [12 1/2 for R. T. Paine] (1937)

#1423s Pemalou [Pemalow] (1937, Extant)

#1397s Plaben / Paben (1937, Extant)

#1398s Barby (1937, Extant)

#1399s [12 1/2 for Charles L. Eldred] (1937, Extant)

#1380s Scup (1937)

#1378s [12 1/2 for William Wilcox] (1937, Extant)

#1400s Privateer [Privateeer] (1937, Extant)

#1402s [12 1/2 for Mrs. F. W. Myers] (1937, Extant)

#1405s Zipper (1937, Extant)

#1406s Lulu (1937, Extant)

#1404s [12 1/2 for William Thayer Brown] (1937, Extant)

#1410s [12 1/2 for F. O. French] (1937, Extant)

#1407s [12 1/2 for George A. Furness] (1937, Extant)

#1411s [12 1/2 for S. J. Watts] (1937)

#1403s Stowaway (1937, Extant)

#1408s Mary Maid (1937)

#1409s [12 1/2 for Miss Courtney] (1937, Extant)

#1393s [12 1/2 for Lawrence Grinnell] (1938)

#1432s [12 1/2 for Marshall Field] (1938, Extant)

#1433s [12 1/2 for Mrs. Susan Wern] (1938, Extant)

#1434s [12 1/2 for Kennard Winsor] (1938, Extant)

#1435s [12 1/2 for Paul Cabot] (1938, Extant)

#1436s Bimbo (1938, Extant)

#1437s [12 1/2 for Robert Wheelwright] (1938, Extant)

#1438s [12 1/2 for Mrs. Henry Wheeler] (1938)

#1439s [12 1/2 for George R. Minot] (1938, Extant)

#1440s Wren (1938, Extant)

#1441s Snow Baby (1938, Extant)

#1442s [12 1/2 for W. B. Snow Jr.] (1938)

#1443s [12 1/2 for William C. Coleman] (1938, Extant)

#1444s [12 1/2 for Thomas W. Lamont] (1938)

#1445s [12 1/2 for Joseph H. Choate Jr.] (1938, Extant)

#1446s [12 1/2 for Sumner Pingree] (1938, Extant)

#1447s [12 1/2 for Mrs. H. G. Nichols] (1938, Extant)

#1453s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1938, Extant)

#1455s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1938, Extant)

#1456s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1938)

#1457s [12 1/2 for Henry R. Hinckley] (1938)

#1458s [12 1/2 for Harry S. Messner] (1938)

#1448s [12 1/2 for David P. Wheatland] (1938, Extant)

#1449s [12 1/2 for Richard Saltonstall] (1938, Extant)

#1450s Spook (1938, Extant)

#1451s [12 1/2 for John W. Miller] (1938, Extant)

#1452s [12 1/2 for J. T. Gleanor] (1938, Extant)

#1454s Hopalong (1938, Extant)

#1422s Little Dipper (1938, Extant)

#1459s [12 1/2 for Mrs. M. G. Morrow] (1938, Extant)

#1460s Fish Hawk (1938, Extant)

#1466s [12 1/2 for Claflin] (1939)

#1467s [12 1/2 for Martin] (1939, Extant)

#1468s [12 1/2 for Lionberger] (1939, Extant)

#1469s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1939)

#1470s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1939, Extant)

#1471s Daphie (1939, Extant)

#1477s [12 1/2 for Display in N.Y.] (1939)

#1480s [12 1/2] (1939)

#1476s R. I. Red II [Rhode Island Red II] (1939, Extant)

#1475s Frolic (1939)

#1500s [12 1/2 for Robert McLean] (1939)

#1501s [12 1/2 for E. H. McIntire] (1939, Extant)

#1461s [12 1/2 for Mrs. Helen Emmons] (1939)

#1479s [12 1/2 for Philip Gardner] (1939, Extant)

#1502s [12 1/2 for Arthur C. Dorrance] (1939, Extant)

#1507s [Marlin Cruiser] (1939, Extant)

#1462s Normandie (1939, Extant)

#1421s [Marlin Cruiser for Mrs. Wallace D. Kenyon] (1939, Extant)

#1481s [12 1/2 for Stearns Marine Co.] (1939, Extant)

#1482s [12 1/2 for Mrs. Allen Cunningham] (1939, Extant)

#1483s Me Too (1939)

#1484s [12 1/2 for Edsel B. Ford] (1939, Extant)

#1485s [12 1/2 for J. M. E. Schaefer] (1939, Extant)

#1486s [12 1/2 for Dr. Benjamin Alton] (1939)

#1487s [12 1/2 for Elihu Root Jr.] (1939)

#1488s Rocket (1939, Extant)

#1489s [12 1/2 for Francis Williams] (1939, Extant)

#1490s Sweet Sixteen [Sweet 16] (1939, Extant)

#1464s Moonbeam (1939, Extant)

#1463s [12 1/2 for Lois W. Crane] (1939, Extant)

#1465s [12 1/2 for W. W. Weld] (1939)

#1478s [12 1/2 for Michael Van Brenner] (1939, Extant)

#1503s [12 1/2 for F. B. Collins] (1941, Extant)

#1491s [12 1/2 for George B. Knowles] (1941, Extant)

#1492s [12 1/2 for Lawrence H. Johnson] (1941)

#1504s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1941)

#1493s [12 1/2 for J. H. Blodgett] (1941)

#1494s [12 1/2 for J. B. Howard] (1941)

#1496s [12 1/2 for D. P. Ordway] (1941)

#1497s [12 1/2 for Verner Z. Reed] (1941)

#1509s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1941, Extant)

#1498s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1941, Extant)

#1495s Skedaddle (1941)

#1510s Nameless (1941)

#1499s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1941)

#1512s [12 1/2 for Harry Bloomfield] (1942, Extant)

#1513s [12 1/2 for R. F. Haffenreffer III] (1942)

#1514s [12 1/2 for Reginald Reynolds] (1942, Extant)

#1516s [12 1/2 for Russell M. Weane] (1942, Extant)

#1515s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1942, Extant)

#1511s Sally III (1943)

#1517s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1943)

#1518s [12 1/2 for F. B. Barden] (1943, Extant)

Original text on model:
"12 1/2' Buzzards Bay boy class 24 boats 1915 scale 1/10 size three [sic, i.e. four? #806, #813, #815, #817?] boats 1916
16' w.l. Oyster Bay "Fish Class" 23 boats 1916 scale 1/12 size sections 1/13 lengths 3 1/2 added at bow on deck" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"12'-1/2' lwl Buzzards Bay 12 1/2-class of 1915, HMCo's most popular creation with some 360 boats produced. Also, with change in scale and proportionally longer bow, the Fish class sloops of 1916 and beyond." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model discussion:
"Bristol, R.I.
Oct. 10, 1914
Dear Bob,
I have your interesting letter of yesterday. I was to write you yesterday but somehow missed it.
I have made a model for the little boats, in which I got quite interested. But you are not 'in it' as to beam! [Apparently Bob Emmons had suggested a different, probably wider, beam.] After I got at it I decided there would be an advantage in having considerable flare to topsides, and have kept the extreme breadth at six feet.
The model looks very nice and I am well pleased with it, and think you will be. I have taken more draft, however, 30in, and I don’t think it any too much. Of course it can be reduced if really necessary, but it would take away from the weatherliness of the boat.
I have made another design [Model 210] for Mr. Tod [#742s Katoura Jr], [of] much lighter displacement to be better carried on his davits.
I will get the thing sketched out in a few days.
George Nichols was here Thursday talking about a class for his club. [These were precursory talks about what would become the Seawanhaka Coringthian Yacht Club's Fish Class that was eventually built in 1916.]
...
Yours sincerely,
Nath’l G. Herreshoff." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Emmons, Robert W. Herreshoff Marine Museum Correspondence, Folder 36 (new), 191 (old). Access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff. October 10, 1914.)

Comment:
"... restricted. The original plans/offsets for [the] Buzzards Bay 12 1/2 foot-class (#744) ... were purchased in 1948 by Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co., of Wareham, MA." (Source: Hasselbalch, Kurt and Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin: Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997, p. 21.)

Model identification:
"See also model in M.I.T. Hart Nautical Collection: Buzzards Bay 12 1/2 foot-class, #744, Painted model; Size: 5"x16"; Acc. No.: XA2-1(1)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)

Related model(s):
Model 0716 by NGH (1914?); sail, 409 built from

Model XA2-1_01 by NGH (1914?); sail

Model XA2-1_02 by NGH (1914?); sail

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