HMCo #155p Augusta [III]

"[1889-01-03] Thu 3: Completed new north boat shop and also extensions of wharfs. Began work on keel of st[eame]r #155 [Augusta III].
[1889-01-16] Wed 16: Laid keel for st[eame]r #155 [Augusta III] (Elwood boat).
[1889-01-19] Sat 19: Began setting up frames of st[eame]r #155 [Augusta III]. Overhead beams up in new shop. Started new shop boiler.
[1889-02-01] Fri 1: Began planking st[eame]r #155 [Augusta III].
[1889-03-06] Wed 6: St[eame]r #155 (Augusta) all planked.
[1889-03-08] Fri 8: Put Boiler in st[eame]r #155 [Augusta III].
[1889-05-23] Thu 23: ... Put engine in #155 [Augusta III]. ...
[1889-06-11] Tue 11: Launched st[eame]r #155 Agusta [sic, i.e. Augusta III] at 6-30 p.m.
[1889-06-27] Thu 27: Tried Agusta [sic, i.e. Augusta III] #155. First free run.
[1889-06-28] Fri 28: Tried Agusta [sic, i.e. Augusta III] #155.
[1889-07-12] Fri 12: Del[ivered] st[eame]r #155 Agusta [sic, i.e. Augusta III] to Mr. Elwood.
[1889-07-14] Sun 14: Agusta [sic, i.e. #155p Augusta III] sailed for N. York, taking Mr. Young.
[1890-04-23] Wed 23: Augusta (#155) arrived from Florida.
[1890-05-13] Tue 13: Took Augusta [#155p] to Prov[idence] drydock.
[1890-05-23] Fri 23: ... Augusta, #155, sold to Mr. Hutchinson. Barnswallows arrived.
[1890-05-24] Sat 24: Augusta [#155p] left for N.Y. in evening.
[1897-04-17] Sat 17: Launched Agusta [sic, i.e. Augusta #155p] from ways and in evening Spalpeen (#481).
[1897-04-26] Mon 26: ... John went to N.Y. in Agusta [sic, i. e. Augusta #155p].
[1897-04-30] Fri 30: ... John returns from N.Y. in Agusta [sic, i.e. Augusta #155p].
[1897-06-23] Wed 23: John started for Hudson R[iver] in Agusta [sic, i.e. Augusta #155p].
[1897-09-13] Mon 13: Chartered Katrina [#189p] to Mr. Morgan & took her to N[ewport]. Agusta [sic, i.e. #155p Augusta] chartered to Mr. Lee." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1889 to 1897. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.)

"Nov[ember] 14th, 1888.
St[eame]r no. 155.
Length overall 131' [sic, 141' 7 1/2" as per Construction Record].
Beam 17' 7 1/2".
Depth [blank].
Scale of model 1/2" = 1ft = 1/24th.
Painted waterline 6' 0" above base line at both ends.
Frame spaces 20". Zero of frame spaces at cutwater 5' above base line.
Frames 2 1/2 x x 5/16 steel angles planking[?].
Deduct for planking in laying down 2"." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Penciled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.022.] Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"Augusta, steam yacht, of [blank].
Built at Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., 1889.
58.35 tons; 105.4 ft. x 18 ft. x 9.8 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
Plain head.
Surveyed and measured, March 25, 1889." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Augusta.)

"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 85:]
Augusta (Vivienne), steam yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1889.
58.35 tons; 105.4 ft. x 18 ft. x 9.8 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) July 2, 1889. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: John B. Herreshoff.
Surrendered [license] June 28, 1890 at New London. Name changed to Vivienne. ([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. Augusta (Vivienne).)

"The steam yacht Augusta, built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, R. I., for I. L. Elwood of Chicago, was launched Wednesday afternoon [June 12, 1889]. This is the largest and finest yacht ever built by the Herreshoffs. She is 128 feet long over all and 17 1/2 feet wide, and is schooner-rigged with two small masts. She has a clipper bow and English overhanging stern. Her hull is of composite construction, with steel frame and oak and yellow pine planking. The machinery consists of a Herreshoff improved boiler of 450 horse power and a triple-expansion engine with cylinders of 10, 16, and 25 inches diameter and 13 inches stroke.
It is the intention of her owner to use the yacht for cruising on the Atlantic coast and great lakes, and the builders had especially in view the making of a comfortable, seaworthy vessel, with coal-carrying capacity of thirty tons to enable her to keep at sea for a long time. She has a particularly large deckhouse, situated well in front, with pilothouse forward and dining saloon aft. The deckhouse is of mahogany, with plate-glass windows all around, giving a fine view in any kind of weather. An elevator connects the dining saloon with a commodious and well-arranged galley immediately beneath,
The main saloon is below deck aft the machinery and is reached by a companionway of solid mahogany. The saloon is 13 feet long and the full width of the yacht, finished with solid mahogany and upholstered with olive-green material. The backs of the seats are convertible into berths so as to nearly double the sleeping accommodations of the yacht. A hall running aft from the saloon connects with the owner's stateroom, which is luxuriously appointed and fitted with all conveniences. Between the owner's stateroom and the main saloon is a bathroom on the starboard and a stateroom en the port hand. Forward of the main saloon are two other staterooms, the partitions of which can be swung aside so as to add 7 feet to the length of the main saloon." (Source: Anon. "Herreshoff's Biggest Yacht." New York Times, June 14, 1889, p. 8.)

"Providence, (R. I.) Journal: Mr. I. L. Ellwood, of DeKalb, Ill., owner of the new steam yacht Augusta, is in this city with his wife, personally overseeing the furnishings and upholstering of that most recent product of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. The yacht is anchored in the Seekonk, where she arrived Friday evening after a trial trip to Nantucket.
The Augusta is 128 feet over all, with 17 feet, 11 inches beam, and 7 feet draught. She has an ample forecastle, with accommodations for a crew of ten, and a convenient kitchen. A guests' dining room on the deck forward measures 12 x 8 1/2 feet, and is provided with a dumb waiter. The cabin is below. Doors separate two large state-rooms from the main cabin, but the doors may be folded back, leaving one large saloon. The couch on either side of the cabin may be transformed into soft Pullman car berths. Nine guests may be cared for with entire ease aboard the Augusta. There is every conceivable economy of space, and the craft has roomy pantries, a bath room, maids room, wine closet and engine and boiler rooms in perfect trim. The interior is finished in mahogany throughout. She is provided with a triple expansion 500 horse power engine. Her sailing master is Capt. C. D. Manchester, of Tiveston, the skipper who was in command of the Now Then [#142p] when she accomplished her memorable feat of beating the side-wheel steamer Mary Powell on the Hudson. Capt. Manchester was also sailing master of the old Augusta [#146p] owned by Mr. Ellwood, which has been bought by the Government for use as a quarantine boat at Galveston. In her trial trip the Augusta fully came up to the contract speed which is 15 miles per hour on this her first trip. Mr. Ellwood will not take his boat to Chicago this season.
In the fall he will cruise southward and winter in the Bahamas." (Source: Anon. "I. L. Ellwood's Yacht." True Republican, July 27 1889, p. 4.)

"Port Of Bristol, R.I., June 13, 1890. Application having been made to the Commissioner of Navigation through this office, by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, for change of name of the steam yacht 'Augusta,' to that of 'Vivienne,' under the provisions of the Act of March 2, 1881, and authority having been granted by said Commissioner under date of June 6th, 1890 I hereby give notice that the steam yacht heretofore sailing under the name of 'Augusta,' will now be known as the 'Yivienne' and be enrolled under that name.
J. Howard Manchester, Collector of Customs." (Source: Anon. 'District of Bristol and Warren.' Bristol Phoenix, June 14, 1890, p. 2.)

"... The steam yacht Vivienne, lately owned by James L. Hutchinson of New York, has been sold to Robert D. Evans of Boston. The Vivienne is a composite boat, 131 feet over all, 17 feet 6 inches beam, and draws 7 feet of water. She was built by the Herreshoffs in 1889. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Globe, May 14, 1893, p. 16.)

"... Vivian [sic, i.e. #155p Vivienne ex-Augusta III], steam yacht, recently sold by J. L. Hutchinson to Mr. Evans of New York, has been re-named Toinette. She has received an electric light plant at Lawley's. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yacht News Notes." Forest and Stream, July 22, 1893, p. 62.)

"VIVIENNE.
A composite screw schooner, formerly Augusta. Designed by N. G. Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co., in 1889. Lately owned by J. L. Hutchinson, but recently sold by him to R. D. Evans of Boston. Hailed from New York, and sailed with the New York Yacht Club.
CODE SIGNAL LETTERS, K. G. L. S.
Official number, 106,635.
DIMENSIONS.
Length overall, 131 feet.
Length load waterline, 109 feet.
Depth, 9 feet 8 inches.
Draft, 7 feet.
Beam, 17 feet 6 inches.
Engine: Inverted triple expansion, three cylinders. Built by the Herreshoff Mfg Co. Boiler: Square Tubular, Herreshoff." (Source: Mott, Henry Augustus. Yachts and Yachtsmen of America. New York, 1894, p. 214.)

"From the Providence Journal. ...
Steam yacht Toinette, owned by Robert D. Evans of the United States Rubber Company, is still at the company's shops, having her shafting lined up and repairs made on her engines. She has been at the shops for several weeks. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Boats. New Steam Yachts Under Way. Craft Being Hauled Up for the Winter." New York Sun, October 21, 1894, p. 8.)

"... Repairs have been finished on the steam yacht Tornette [#155p ex-Augusta], owned by R. D. Evans, Esq., of the U. S. R. T. Co., John Morse, captain, anid she sailed on Monday [November 5, 1894]. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachting." Bristol Phoenix, November 6, 1894, p. 3.)

"[Toinette, formerly Vivienne and Augusta (Steamyacht) owned by Robert D. Evans, Port: Boston; LOA 131ft; LWL 109ft; Beam 18ft; Draft 7ft; designed by N. G. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Mfg. Co. in 1889.]" (Source: Stebbins 1896 Yachtsmen's Album, p. 23.)

"Frank J. Gould took a short yachting trip yesterday up the Hudson River with a party of friends in his newly chartered steam yacht Toinette. The yacht is owned by E. E. Smathers of this city, and is entered in the New York Yacht Club. She is 131 feet long and 18 feet wide, and fitted with every convenience. She was designed and built by N. G. Herreshoff at Bristol in 1889. Frank Gould chartered her for the season about four months ago through Gardner & Cox." (Source: Anon. "Frank Gould Has a Steam Yacht." New York Times, June 9, 1901, p. 8.)

"The steam yacht Toinette has been purchased by George J. Smith, of the New York Yacht Club. The Toinette was recently the property of E. C. Smathers, enrolled in the Larchmont Yacht Club. Mr. Smith proposes to use this yacht for the purpose of cruising along the Sound and in the vicinity; also for frequent trips from his home at Kingston, N. Y., to this city. The Toinette is 131 feet over all." (Source: Anon. "Notes for Yachtsmen." New York Times, March 29, 1902, p. ?.)

"...The steam yacht Laurita, owned by Mr. George J. Smith, has been chartered through the agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones, of this city, to Com. George G. Tyson, Riverside Y. C. ..." (Source: Anon. [Title?] Forest and Stream, 1904, vol. 62, [p. 363?].)

"George J. Smith's steam yacht Laurita has been sold through Henry J. Gielow to George Rose, and is being prepared at Morris Heights to go into commission this week. She is a Herreshoff design and build, and was originally called Augusta. Later she was known as Toinette. Her over-all dimension is 131 feet, her length of water line 110 feet, her beam 18 feet, and her draught 7 feet. She is equipped with a triple expansion engine and two water tube boilers, and has an excellent speed record." (Source: Anon. "Local Men Buy Well-Known Boats." New York Times, May 21, 1905, p. 13.)

"This week the steam yacht Crescent had a blow-out of boiler tubes off Point Judith, and upon signaling the life-saving station its crew put off, but found their services were not needed. A fireman was injured, however, by the escaping steam and was sent ashore in the yacht's launch. This man died from exposure of being landed through the breakers in his condition." (Source: Marine Journal, September 22, 1906. Quoted in: U.S. Congress. House Documents Vol. 105. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908, [p. 91?].)

"The following yachts have been sold through the agency of Henry J. Gielow: ... Steam yacht Crescent, George Rose to Messrs. J. W. Johnson and Clarence E. Chapman, who took the yacht south for two months, and will use her on the Gulf of St. Lawrence during the coming summer. Capt. P. C. Filley is in command. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts Change Hands." Forest and Stream, 1909, vol. 72, [p. 584?].)

"The Steam Yacht Crescent, owned by J. W. Johnson of New Brunswick, N. J., and a Mr. Chapman, of New York City, is being fitted with a small refrigerating plant." (Source; Anon. [Title?] Industrial Refrigeration, March 1909, p. 107.)

"Colonel Edward H. R. Green, son of Mrs. Hetty Green, the wealthiest woman in America, has purchased the steam yacht Crescent, one of the finest steamships of her size in these waters. The yacht has been the property of Ernest Rudolph, of Brooklyn, a coal dealer. She measures 135 feet overall. Before cold weather sets in the yacht will steam for Galveston, Texas, where her owner resides over the winter months. [Note: Crescent was subsequently renamed to Texas and, still owned by Green, became the first ferry to operate the Annapolis-Claiborne Route on the Chesapeake.]" (Source: Anon. "Colonel Green Buys Yacht." Forest and Stream, 1911, vol. 77, [p. 592?].)

"E. H. R. Green, owner of the steam yacht Crescent, has been proposed for membership in the Atlantic Y. C." (Source: Anon. "Ticks from the Ship's Clock." Forest and Stream, 1911, vol. 77, [p. 877?].)

"... Steam yacht Texas, the vessel that opened up the Annapolis-Claiborne ferry route in 1912. [Photo caption.]" (Source: Burgess, Robert H. Chesapeake Circle. Cornell Maritime Press, Jun 1, 1965, [p. 168?].)

"In 1912, the first bay ferry to connect Annapolis and Claiborne was the 105 foot steam yacht Texas, built in 1889. ..." (Source: Hicks, Byshe. Maryland Workboats. Charleston, SC, 2009, p. 72.)

"... A second ferry company, owned by the son of Hetty Green, began service in 1916 [sic, apparently in 1912] between Claiborne and Annapolis using the steam yacht "Texas". The business failed in 1919. ..." (Source: Wikipedia contributors. "Claiborne, Maryland." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claiborne,_Maryland&oldid=591826752, retrieved March 21, 2014.)

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"[Item Description:] Casting Book # 2 [B (there is another Casting Book # 2)] showing hull castings as per title only for steamers #148p Our Mary and #149p Jersey Lily. Contents, however, also include castings for other boats including #188903es Yawl Boat for #157p Aquila, #405s Alice, #406s Iris, #54p Dolphin, #65p Gleam, #104p Magnolia, #104p Magnolia, #133p Henrietta, #151p Ballymena, #152p Cushing, #155p Augusta [III], #156p Antoinette, #157p Aquila, #158p Launch for Seal Fishing, and #162p Judy. Also listed are many parts for a quadruple engine (probably for #152p Cushing or for #150p Say When or #151p Ballymena). While other casting lists record both castings made at home and at outside foundries, this book appears to list only castings made at outside foundries and none at home. A first part of the booklet from front to about the middle shows casting numbers, descriptions, numbers of castings and foundry where made with dates ranging from Sept 10, [1887] to Dec 14 [1889]. A second, upside down, part of the booklet begins at the end and then goes back to the middle showing for the same date range 'Patterns sent away' with pattern numbers and names of foundries these were sent to. A further section then shows castings required for #152p Cushing and as well as castings required for Lagging, Pumping Engines, Feed Pump and Air Pump, all these possibly also for #152p Cusing. A final section shows 'Patterns ordered home' with pattern numbers, foundry names these were received from and dates ranging from Sept 12 [1887] to Dec 16 [1889]." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-03. Castings Book 2B. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Hull Castings Order Book 2. 1888-09-10 to 1889-12-14.)
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"[Item Description:] Two superimposed penciled midship sections titled 'BALLYMENA #151 & New Yacht for Elwood [#155p AUGUSTA III]. Oct 1888'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE14_00300. Folder [no #]. 1888-10.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint technical drawing titled 'Detail of 10 x 16 x 25 by 13 1/2in Pahri[?] Engine. Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Bristol, R.I. Aug[ust] 11, 1888'. [Probably for #155p AUGUSTA III]." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0082. WRDT08, Folder 8, formerly MRDE11. 1888-10-11.)
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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:
§39: #155p AUGUSTA [III] Trial Run 'Speed 12.11knots' (1889-06-28)
§41: #155p AUGUSTA [III] Bristol to E. Providence 'to have bottom cleaned & painted' (1890-05-13.)." (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 Description:] A group of at least 12 or 13 midship sections of different steam yachts, overlaid on top of one another, apparently to facilitate comparisons. Untitled. Some sections are labeled ('Deck #151 [BALLYMENA]', 'Deck #155 [AUGUSTA III]', '51 1/2ft yacht Feb[ruary] 1881 [???]', 'Vedette 1880-1 [#74p 149 and #75p 150]', '#59[?] [Open Steam Yacht Sidewheel]', '#57 & 58 Launch [Launches for U.S. Coast Survey]', '#153 [MADGE]', '#151 BALLYMENA', '(31)[?] [FRANCESCA (?)]', '150[?] [SAY WHEN]', 'LEILA [#40p]'. Undated (the latest yacht mentioned was designed in 1889)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_09100. Folder [no #]. No date (1899 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Four handwritten (in ink) pages with tabulated data listing 'Shop No', 'Name', '[Tons] Gross' and '[Tons] Net' for a total of 100 HMCo-built boats and classes. Tonnage data is usually precise to two digits behind the decimal. Random comparisons suggest source of tonnage data to be official Custom House data. Boats mentioned are: #664s, #663s, #625s, #665s, #634s, #658s, #657s, #646s, #641s, #617s, #626s Class, #624s, #621s, #616s, #619s, #590s, #591s, #586s, #592 Class, #618s, #605s, #578s, #560s Class, #580s, #553s, #551s, #552s, #546s, #541s, #545s, #538s, #534s, #533s, #532s, #529s, #534s, #530s, #531s, #435s, #437s, #452s, #499s, #429s, #426s, #424s, #481s, #422s, #417s, #414s, #451s, #215p, #213p, #222p, #235p, #230p, #229p, #236p, #224p, #244p, #247p, #249p, #231p, #232p, #228p, #252p, #250p, #251p, #248p, #168p, #164p, #118p, #142p, #174p, #173p, #194p, #189p, #193p, #183p, #178p, #179p, #181p, #182p, #175p, #163p, #148p, #149p, #172p, #155p, #170p, #186p, #188p, #206p, #207p, #205p, #208p, #209p, #210p, #211p, #212p, #216p. Undated (the latest boat listed, WINSOME, was launched in 1907)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Handwritten List. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_00220. Folder [no #]. No date (1907 or later).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #155p Augusta [III] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Augusta (HMCo-made index card)
• Augusta III (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Crescent ex-Augusta (HMCo-made index card)
• Laurita ex-Augusta (HMCo-made index card)
• Toinette ex-Augusta (HMCo-made index card)
• Vivienne ex-Augusta III (HMCo-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.

Name: Augusta
Type: Steam
Length: 141'7 1/2"
Owner: Elwood, I. L.

Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.

• Augusta [III]
• Augusta [II] or Augusta [III]
• Vivienne ex-Augusta [III]
• Toinette ex-Augusta [III]
• Laurita ex-Augusta [III]
• Crescent ex-Augusta [III]
• 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: Augusta
Type: 141' 7" steam
Owner: I. L. Elwood
Year: 1889
Row No.: 58

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: 1888
E/P/S: P
No.: 155
Name: Augusta
OA: 141'-7 1/2"

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.

"James Llewellyn Hutchinson, Augusta's second owner, had been a circus man (in partnership with P. T. Barnum). He named the vessel after his wife Frances Margaret Watt who had been known as Vivienne since her brief years as a circus performer." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 21, 2014.)

"Steam engine rating 820hp from undated (1903 or later) diagram by N. G. Herreshoff titled 'Marine Engine. Weights and Prices' in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 24, 2019.)

"Marine Engine of Open Type. 10 & 16 & 25 x 13 1/2, 460[rpm], 810[hp]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten List of HMCo-Made Steam Engines. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, MRDED1_00220. Undated, between 1903 and 1918.)

"Built in 161 days (setup to launch; equivalent to 1450 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Gross Register Tons (116.69) from the 1890-91 Manning's American Yacht List (Net Register Tons were reported as 58.35) 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.