HMCo #110p Lucile [Lucille I]

"[1887-07-12] Tue 12: ... Lucile [#110p] caught fire and [was] sold to Mr. [George W.] Vanderbilt.
[1887-07-13] Wed 13: Lucile #110p sold to Mr. [George W.] Vanderbilt.
[1889-03-19] Tue 19: ... Took Ladoga [#123p] & Lucile [apparently #122p and not #110p] from Cove to wharf.
[1890-06-05] Thu 5: Launched Dolphin and Lucille [apparently #122p and not #110p] from Pop[asquash] ways. ...
[1890-12-16] Tue 16: Hauled out Lucile [apparently #122p and not #110p], ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1887, 1889 to 1890. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.)

"Lucile, steam yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., 1884.
13.28 tons; 64 ft. x 9.2 ft. x 4.9 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
Plain head, round stern.
Surveyed and measured, June 4, 1884." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Lucile.)

"... The new steam yacht Lucille, built by the Herreshoffs, will be launched and ready for a trial trip in a few days. ...." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Notes." New York Herald, June 10, 1884, p. ?)

"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 156:]
Lucile, steam yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1884.
13.28 tons; 64 ft. x 9.2 ft. x 4.9 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) June 17, 1884. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: [blank]. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence]).
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) July 11, 1885. Owner: same. Master: same.
Surrendered [license] June 7, 1886 at Plymouth. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence]).
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) July 1, 1887. Owner: same. Master: [blank].
Surrendered [license] July 11, 1895 at Mount Desert Ferry, Maine. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence]).
Lic[ensed] (temporary) ([as] yacht) July 7, 1905 (change of hailing port - New York). Owner: George W. Vanderbilt of New York. Master: Charles F. Staples, Bowdoinham, Maine.
Surrendered [license] June 20, 1907 at Rockport, Maine. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence])." (Source: Survey of Federal Archives, Work Projects Administration. Ships Documents of Rhode Island. Bristol. Ship Registers and Enrollments of the Port of Bristol - Warren Rhode Island, 1941, s.v. Lucile.)

"The 'Lucile,' a fine new steam yacht, 70 feet in length, was launched by the Herreshoff Mnfg. Co., Friday morning, 13th inst. This elegantly furnished yacht was built for Mr. Charles Kellogg, of Athens, Pa. She was launched with all her machinery on board. Monday [June 16, 1884] she made her trial trip, giving great satisfaction as to speed &c., and in the evening sailed for Newport." (Source: Anon. "Local Affairs." Bristol Phoenix, June 21, 1884, p. 2.)

"... The steam yacht Lucille, built by the Herreshoffs, made a satisfactory trial trip on Tuesday [June 17, 1884]. She will cruise in Chesapeake Bay before going to the lakes. The Lucille is owned by Mr. Charles Kellogg, of Athens, Pa. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Notes." New York Herald, June 21, 1884, p. ?)

"... The steam launch Lucile, of Bristol, R. I., is of 13.28 tons burden and her official number is 140,703. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Notes." New York Herald, July 21, 1884, p. ?)

"LUCILE. --- ... Messrs. Herreshoff have taken in part payment [for the yacht Lucile HMCo #122] the yacht No. 110 built for Mr. Kellogg last season, as she was too small for his use. This yacht, 69ft. long, has a record of over 19 miles on a measured course. She is fully described in our advertising columns. ..." (Source: Anon. "Lucile." Forest and Stream, May 28, 1885, p. 359.)

"HERRESH0FF No. 110
69X9ft. 3in.X3ft. 6in.
Fast day launch, with summer cabins. Fitted with cabin, toilet room, galley with oil stove, roomy forecastle with frame hammocks for two. Sofas in cabin fold out, making four berths. Very fast, record of nineteen miles. Fully equipped, lamps, anchor, etc., and in perfect order; only used one season. Former owner has built larger boat. For price apply to
HERRESHOFF BROS.,
BRISTOL, R. I." (Source: Anon. "Herreshoff No. 110." Forest and Stream, May 28, 1885, p. 361.)

"The following is a list of the steam yachts built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, R.I: ... Lucille, 69 feet by 9 feet, built 1884 for Charles Kellogg, of Athens, Penn. Engine, 6 inches and 10 1/2 inches by 10 inches; boiler, Herreshoff patent safety 56 inch square; speed, 19 miles. ..." (Source: Jaffray, Edward S. "American Steam Yachting." Outing, April 1886, p. 23-25.)

"Bristol, R. I., May 31 [1888]. ... George Vanderbilt's Lucille is being prepared for the season. Safety boilers are being substituted for her former ones. She is the fastest 60-foot yacht in the country. ... [Note: Many coil boilers had to be exchanged during these years --- possibly a costly and litiguous procedure for the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company.]" (Source: Anon. "At the Herreshoffs." Boston Globe, June 1, 1888, p. 4.)

"The little Herreshoff steam yacht Lucile, built for George W. Vanderbilt, but now owned by Franklin Haines, ran on the cribwork of the new breakwater on the south side of Governors Island on Thursday night. Mr. Haines, his daughter and two sons were aboard. They were bound from Tebo's yacht basin to Mr. Haines's summer home.
The Lucile was making about fourteen knots an hour and came upon the crib-work with a big jolt. Nobody was hurt. Capt. Petersen blew his whistle for help and a tug came alongside and took off the Hainses, who went to Yonkers by train after landing at the Battery. The yacht is not much damaged. She will be hauled off by the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company. [Note: This is apparently a reference to Lucile #110p which once had been owned by Geo. Vanderbilt]" (Source: Anon. "Yacht Ashore In The Bay. Mr. Haines's Lucile Dumps on the Governors Island Breakwater and Sticks." New York Sun, July 5, 1902, p. 10.)

"[Item Description:] Casting Book # 4, steamers #40p, #54p, #57p, #63p, #67p, #70p, #79p, #89p, #92p, #99p, #100p, #101p, #102p, #103p, #104p, #105p, #106p, #107p, #108p, #109p, #110p, #111p, #112p, #113p, #114p, #115p, #116p, #117p, #118p, #119p, #120p, #121p, #122p, #123p, #124p, #125p, #126p, #127p, #128p, #129p, #130p, #131p, #132p, #133p, #134p, #135p, #136p, #137p, #138p, #139p, #140p, #141p, #142p, #143p, #144p, #145p, #146p, #147p [castings by hull number; front page shows summary size and engine and boiler data for steamers 99 thru 146 as well as repair data for steamers #40p, #54p, #57p, #63p, #67p, #70p, #79p, #89p, #92p, #118p, and #128p]. Undated, vessels mentioned were built between 1878 and 1887. Dates mentioned for repairs range from 1885 to 1887. Note considerable informational overlap with Casting Book # 1, which as in this book also contains data for #99p through #116p, although it appears (!) that Book # 4 lists more patterns per boat than Book # 1. Likewise, considerable overlap with Casting Books # 2 and # 3 which also contain data for boats that are also listed in book # 4. It may well be that information in Book # 4 was copied from books # 1, # 2 and 3." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-07. Castings Book 4. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Vessel Castings Book 4. No date (1878 to 1887).)
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"[Item Description:] Work order notebook [Titled Nathl G. Herreshoff, Esq., Bristol R.I.; 1882-1887, mostly signed by N.G.H., later ones by C.H.K.; material and item orders relating to #400s CONSUELO, #401s ROMP and steamers #89p, #99p, #100p, #101p, #102p, #104p, #105p, #106p, #110p, #111p, #113p, #118p, #119p, #120p, #122p, #123p, #140p, #146p; many orders from the marine store of A. B. Babbitt at Tiverton]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Work Order Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-04. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Sketch and Order Book 1882-1887 NGH CHK. 1882 to 1887.)
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"[Item Description:] Casting Book # 1, steamers #99p, #100p, #101p, #102p, #103p, #104p, #105p, #106p, #107p, #108p, #109p, #110p, #111p, #112p, #113p, #114p, #115p, #116p [castings by hull number]. Undated, vessels mentioned were built between 1883 and 1884. Note considerable informational overlap with Casting Book # 4, which also contains data for all of the boats mentioned in this book, although it appears (!) that Book # 4 lists more patterns per boat than Book # 1. Likewise, considerable overlap with sometimes identical information with Casting Book # 2." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-09. Castings Book 1. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Vessel Castings Book 1. No date (1883 to 1884).)
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"[Item Description:] Mounted albumen photograph of what is identified in the Hart Nautical Collections catalog as Steamer #110p or #120p. Note, however, that this is appears to be #101p OSSABAW instead. HMM has two identical copies of this photo, on one of which #101p is identified in period ink on the backside." (Source: Child, Frank H. (creator). Photograph. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.154. Box HAFH.6.7B, Folder Photographs. No date (1883 or later).)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) experiments and trials booklet titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Experiments 1884 to 1889. N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§4: #110p LUCILE [LUCILLE I] Trial Run (1884-06-16)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_03520. Folder [no #]. 1884-05 to 1890-05.)
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"[Item Transcription:] SEA URCHIN [#247p]
Jacksonville
5/8/09
Dear Nat,
I'm after wondering why that old crank stood the racket of hard driving in Vanderbilt's LUCILE [#110p] and later, at full pressure in SPEED[? SPUD?], and then broke when in use plugging along at less than 8 knots! For the combustion was so sluggish with the soft coal, that I had to take out some of the bricks & increase the grate from about 9 sq ft to 13 or so and the speed from 7.4 to 7.8 or 8 knots. The thing went about 12.30 P.M. April 25, about 85 miles SE of Nassau when we were on the way to Gibara[?] and would have got there the evening of the day after. The damage done was extremely small; only the cowl[?] was punched, but the packing ring had a piece about 2in long broken out. Horton shut off steam when this much had been done.
The parts are in the shop, crank ready to face on, heads ground in, and they are re-babbitting the connecting rod boxes. I guess Tuesday will see SPUD[? SPEED?] ready to plod along north.
When the bust came, we anchored for 4 hours & then tried to haul around end for end under sail & start for an anchorage for the night. But those sails won't put her head around nowhere[?]. Even in the brisk head wind she'd smugly[?] saw[?] around in the trough of the sea about 2 points & tack off. We tried all combinations of the sails but N.S. So Into dropped a kedge & she drifted along & yanked her stern around. Then she sailed along, at last 2 knots in the direction we wanted to go. Later Horton got some pieces of box cover clamped over the hole in the hear & started the engine.
I found he had left the straps on the idle eccentrices and the valve in the valve cylinder, while the vacuum was only 16in. Later on at Stirup City, where we anchored on Thursday to say good bye to the Bahamas, and incidentally have[?] one quiet night, I had him[?] later off the straps & remon[?] the valve & plug the stem hole & take up leaks[?]. Then we got 25in of vacuum & the movement[?] of the engine was simplified. I found we could make 6.8 knots, or about 1 knot less than before the swash --- and thus we proceeded to Jacksonville, about 380 miles.
The weather seemed to have a spite against SPUD! After that S.E. wind for 64 hours going down, I kinder[?] thought that, bu the law of averages, we were going to have ordinary weather up. But while hove to off Mosquito Inlet bight[?] at 1 a.m., the wind hauled north & blew so fresh that Into yanked Horton out of bed & started off at 1.50 a.m. --- setting the log at 2.15 --- I went up in my night at 2.30 to see what the rumpus was, having turned in at 12.30 --- & found the SPUD soaring on the biggest sea I'd ever seen from her decks. But she was making excellent weather of it. We are only making 4.4 knots by the log, but it wasn't doing any harm --- only my Jap vanished like thin air, & I had to camp out & eat a half can of corned beef & several fist-fulls of crackers, & make my own coffee. I'll[?] never feel any any doubt of SPUD's ability to tuck into a sea --- she goes on them like a cork! The total damage done was one glass jar of green coffee broken in the locker[?].
I guess I'll start for Savannah Wednesday. The repairs will probably be done Tuesday & engine put together.
Yours sincerely Rob't W. Riddle
c/o Atlantic National Bank" (Source: Riddle, Robert M. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_22660. Correspondence, Folder 67, formerly 135. 1909-05-08.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #110p Lucile [Lucille I] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Lucile (HMCo-made index card)
• Lucile (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.

• Lucile
• Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.

Name: Lucile
Type: 69' steam launch
Owner: George Vanderbilt [sic, i.e. Charles Kellog]
Year: 1884
Row No.: 384

Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.

Year: 1884
E/P/S: P
No.: 110
Name: Lucile
OA: 69' 8"

Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.

Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

"... Str. #110 - 68Ft. long. 6+10 1/2x10 Eng[ine]. I Sq[uare] [Boiler]. ... " (Source: Anon. [Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. (N. G. Herreshoff?)] No Title. [Handwritten Notes on Outer Cover of Notebook.] No date [ca. late 1880s.] Notebook in the Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, The Francis Russel Hart Nautical Collections, M.I.T. Museum, Cambridge, Mass., obj. no. HH.6.120.)

"Charles H. Kellogg, a mechanical engineer of Athens, Pennsylvania was the co-founder of the Union Bridge Company which became one of the largest builders of bridges in the U.S." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

"Engine used in 1905 for #247p Sea Urchin." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Gross Register Tons (19.99) from the 1889 Manning's American Yacht List (Net Register Tons were reported as 18.28) and converting to lbs by dividing through 2000 (short tons). Note that this figure can only be a rough estimate because register tons as reported in Yacht Registers correlate only loosely with actual displacement figures." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 17, 2015.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.