HMCo #161p Reposo

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Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Reposo
Type: Steam Yacht
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1889-10
Launch: 1890-5-19
LOA: 67' 4" (20.52m)
LWL: 55' 2" (16.81m)
Beam: 11' 4" (3.45m)
Draft: 4' 2" (1.27m)
Displ.: 29.8 short tons (27.1 metric tons)
Propulsion: Steam, Herreshoff, Double exp., 2 cyl. (6" & 10 1/2" bore x 10" stroke)
Boiler: Square Water Level
Propeller: Diameter 45", Pitch 67"
Built for: McGregor, Bradford B.
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Flush deck yacht. Cabin for'd. 1903 4 1/2" x 7" x 11 1/2 " x 7" Seabury boiler put in
Last reported: 1933 (aged 43)

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 #1101Model number: 1101
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop South Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
7 built, modeled by NGH
#89p Orienta (1882)
#122p Lucile [Lucille II] (1885)
#140p Clara (1887)
#146p Augusta [II] (1887)
#161p Reposo (1890)
#162p Judy (1890)
#170p Tranquilo [Tranquillo] (1892)

Original text on model:
"#89 ORIENTA 125 x 17 1882
122 LUCILLE 90 x 11-4 1885
140 CLARA 98 1/2 x 11-4 1887
146 AUGUSTA 90 x 11-4 1887
161 REPOSA 69 x 11-4 1890
162 JUDY 100 x 11-4 1890
170 TRANQUILLO 80 x 11-4 1892." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

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.

Offsets

Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.015

Offset booklet contents:
#122, #140, #146, #161, #162, #170 [steam yachts Lucile, Clara, Augusta, Reposo, Judy, Tranquillo].

Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 119-027 (HH.5.09745) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #161p Reposo are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 083-004 (HH.5.06361): Sky Light for Main Saloon (1883-10-15)
  2. Dwg 083-007 (HH.5.06364): Hatches for Str. 105 for the Galley and Boiler Room (1883-10-31)
  3. Dwg 067-027 (HH.5.04756): Steering Gear Strs. 101 and 133 (1886-05-14)
  4. Dwg 061-023 (HH.5.04342): Stern Bearing - Skeg, etc. for Str. # 146 (1887-09-22)
  5. Dwg 092-009 (HH.5.07478): Step for Ladder (1888-07-05)
  6. Dwg 071-031 (HH.5.05134): For Str. 162, Starboard Flange for Port Hawser Pipe (ca. 1889)
  7. Dwg 044-011 (HH.5.03467): Details of Boilers 4'-8" Sq. (1889-12-28)
  8. Dwg 049-001 (HH.5.03678): Water Tank for # 161 (ca. 1890)
  9. Dwg 047-033 (HH.5.03617): Hood and Smoke Stack for Steamer No. 161 (1890-01-24 ?)
  10. Dwg 094-017 (HH.5.07751): Pilot House for Steamer No. 161 (1890-01-31)
  11. Dwg 119-027 (HH.5.09745): General Arrangement > Steamer No. 161, 67'-4" O.A.L., 11'-4" Beam, 4'-2" Dr. of Water (1890-02-15)
  12. Dwg 061-035 (HH.5.04354): Stern Bearing, Skeg etc. for Steamer No. 161 Reposo (1890-02-18)
  13. Dwg 046-027 (HH.5.03570): Grate Supports (1890-03-01)
  14. Dwg 004-035 (HH.5.00217): General Arrangement > Arrangement, with Sails, Yacht - Stm, 67'-4" O.A., 11'-4" Beam, 4'-2" Draft (1890-03-04)
  15. Dwg 114-020 (HH.5.09515): Boat Davits for Strs. No. 161, 170 (1890-03-11)
  16. Dwg 071-027 (HH.5.05130): Step for Mast, Str. No. 161 (1890-03-15)
  17. Dwg 043-009 (HH.5.03359): Boiler for Str. 161 (1890-03-26)
  18. Dwg 085-030 (HH.5.06616): Plates to Strengthen [sic] Rail for Davits and Awning Stanchion for Str. No. 161 (1890-03-31)
  19. Dwg 067-041 (HH.5.04770): Forward Sheaves and Straps for the Steering Gear Str. 161 (1890-04-29)
  20. Dwg 082-017 (HH.5.06288): Awning for Steamer 161 (1890-05-07)
  21. Dwg 082-015 (HH.5.06286): For Awning Str. 161 [Awning Stanchion] (1890-05-08)
  22. Dwg 007-060 (HH.5.00688): Shaft for Stm 161 (1890-09-17 ?)
  23. Dwg 085-033 (HH.5.06619): For Strs. 161 and 170, Shaft Galvanized (1891-10-12)
  24. Dwg 093-045 (HH.5.07650): Cabin Table for Reposo Mahogany (1903-04-25)
  25. Dwg 043-060 (HH.5.03411): Boiler for Reposo # 161 (1907-03-11)
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.
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[1890-05-07] Wed 7: Put boiler in steamer #161 [Reposo].
[1890-05-19] Mon 19: Launched steamer #161, Reposo. ...
[1890-05-21] Wed 21: Tried Reposo [#161p].
[1890-07-10] Thu 10: John starts for Mamaroneck in Reposo [#161p], 5:30pm.
[1890-07-11] Fri 11: Reposo [#161p] disposed of, ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1890. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.)

L. Francis Herreshoff

"Just before 1890 Captain Nat had developed a type particularly for cruising that had small, compact machinery with very little fuel consumption. Several of these were of about eleven feet six inches beam and of different lengths on the same molds. Among the first of this type were 'Judy,' built in 1890 for F. T. Howard, and 'Tranquillo' built the same year for E. D. Morgan. These little steam yachts ranged in length from a bit over one hundred feet down to the cute little 'Reposo.'
They were all very similar in appearance with clipper bows and overhanging sterns. 'Reposo' was seventy-three feet on deck, sixty-eight feet water line, eleven feet six inches beam. In many ways these yachts were superior to anything we have today: they were remarkably good sea boats, in fact one of them went through the tail end of a hurricane off Cape Hatteras in about 1895 when she was under the command of the late Bristol captain 'Bill' Torrey. These little yachts usually kept sails bent and often carried sail on long trips.
They were altogether remarkably comfortable little ships, entirely free from the danger of fire, and made runs about as long as the modern power craft. They usually could maintain a speed of ten miles per hour. Because sailing on them was so very restful they often ran ten or twelve hours a day whereas the modern cruiser, while it may be capable of fifteen or twenty miles per hour, still it is usually slowed down to ten or twelve miles when in a seaway, and on account of the tiresome noise, smell, and vibration usually does not run more than eight hours a day.
... The little 'Reposo' was owned for several years by a lady who cruised in her quite extensively and some years went along on the New York Yacht Club cruises." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. The Wizard of Bristol. The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with An Account of Some of the Yachts he Designed. New York, 1953, p. 241-242.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"Reposo, steam yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., 1890.
14.92 tons; 58 ft. x 11.6 ft. x 7.8 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, plain head, square stern.
Surveyed and measured, May 21, 1890." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Reposo.)

"[License issued to vessel under 20 tons. Pos. 232:]
Reposo, steam yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1890.
14.92 tons; 58 ft. x 11.6 ft. x 7.8 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
No specifications shown.
Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) May 26, 1890. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: [blank].
Surrendered [license] July 24, 1890 at New York. ([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. Reposo.)

"Bradford B. McGregor's screw schooner Reposo is being overhauled at Morris Heights [Seabury]. Among other improvements, her old square Herreshoff boilers will be replaced by new ones. ..." (Source: Anon. (W. J. H.) "Notes for Yachtsmen." New York Times, March 29, 1900, p. 8.)

"No. 357 --- For Sale --- Flushed deck steam yacht, see cut. Designed and built by Herreshoff Mfg. Co., 1890. 73 feet over all; 68 feet water line; 11 feet 6 inches beam; 5 feet draught. Headroom 6 feet. Two staterooms and four berths in main cabin. Steers from pilothouse, could be arranged to steer from bridge at small expense. Herreshoff compound engine, 6 in. and 10 1/2 in. x 10 in. stroke. Seabury safety water-tube boiler new 1900; speed 10 miles; carries five tons of coal in bunkers and is very economical in fuel. Hull was thoroughly gone over and recaulked 1900. Will be sold at a bargain. Apply at once to Huntington & Seaman, 220 Broadway, New York City. [Though not identified by name, there was only one yacht built by the HMCo in 1890 with a 6 x 10 1/2 x 10 inch compound engine, making it a certainty that Reposo is advertised here. Note also, that L. F. Herreshoff provides exactly the same dimensions for Reposo as given in this for sale advertisement. Note also that Repose received a new boiler by Seabury in 1900, just as advertised.]" (Source: Rudder, March 1902, p. 168.)

"The advent of April is responsible for scenes of great activity about the Newport shipyard, where scores of yachts have been in winter quarters. Wednesday Herman B. Duryea's 51-footer Humma was launched, as was also the cutter Mildred, owned by George W. Weld of Boston, and the yacht Reposo [#161p Reposo], the property of Col Edward DeV. Morrell of Philadelphia.
The Reposo steamed to Bristol, where Col Morrell will trade her for a fast harbor launch [#235p Mist] which the Herreshoffs have recently built. As the Reposo is a Herreshoff boat and as she is comparatively new, her builders did not hesitate to take her back. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachting." Boston Globe, April 5, 1903, p. 22.)

"Mrs. Robert C. Black of Pelham Manor, N. Y., has purchased the steam yacht Reposo, through Stanley M. Seaman, from the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Reposo has a flush deck, is 80 feet over all, 12 feet beam, and 5 feet draught. She is of the usual Herreshoff construction, double planked, was entirely overhauled this Spring, and is equipped with a new Herreshoff triple expansion engine. ..." (Source: Anon. "Sales of Yachts Reported." New York Times, July 30, 1903, p. 3.)

"Mrs. Robert C. Black of Pelham Manor, has purchased the steam yacht 'Reposo,' through Stanley M. Seaman, from the Herreshoff Manufacturer [sic, i.e. Manufacturing] Co. 'Reposo' is a flush deck boat, 80 feet long, 18 [sic, i.e. 12] feet beam and 5 feet draft. It has a dining saloon on deck and 3 state rooms for the owner. She is of the usual Herreshoff construction, double planked and graceful. She was entirely overhauled this Spring, at the same time having a new triple expansion engine, new Herreshoff boiler and new boats. Her deck house was lengthened and all her equipment renewed. Mr. John B. Herreshoff has been using her for his own personal use." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Notes." New Rochelle [New York] Press, August 1, 1903, p. 1.)

"These transfers are reported through the office of Cox & Stevens: ... The 75-foot steam yacht Reposo, sold to E. J. Montague, of Binghamton, N. Y., for use on the Jersey coast. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yacht Brokerage Business Booming." New York Sun, May 18, 1913, p. 7.)

Archival Documents

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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) trials booklet 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Experiments & Trial Trips. 1890. N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§12: #161p REPOSO Trial Run (1890-05-21)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_02260. Folder [no #]. 1890-01 to 1898-08.)
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"[Item Description:] Results of tensile material tests relating to steam boilers for #178p MARJORIE ex-EUGENIA I, #267p ENAJ, 2 unknown yachts, #193p IRENE ex-NINA, HMCo stock, #161p REPOSO, #261 WAVE, HMCo stock." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.110. Boiler Tests. Box HAFH.6.3B, Folder Boilers - Tensile Tests and Affidavits. 1904-09 to 1911-01.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #161p Reposo even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


Images

Registers

1890-91 Manning's American Yacht List (#2382)
Name: Reposo
Owner: Bradford B. McGregor; Club(s): 61 [Larchmont]; Port: New York
Official no. 110857; Type & Rig Scw. Str. [Screw Steamer]
Tons Gross 29.83; Tons Net 14.92; LOA 73.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 11.6; Depth 7.8; Draught 5.0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine 6 & 10 1/2 x 10 1/2. Square Boiler; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co.

1892 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K.
Name: Reposo
Owner: B. B. McGregor (26 Broadway, N.Y.); Club(s): Lar[chmont]; Port: New York
Official no. 110857; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Scw. Sch. [Screw Schooner]
Tons Gross 29.83; Tons Net 14.92; LOA 75.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 11.6; Depth 7.8; Draught 5.3
Builder Herreshoff M. Co.; Designer Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine C[ompound]. 2 Cy. 6 & 10 1/2 x 10 1/2; Maker Herreshoff M. Co., Bristol, R.I.

1896 Manning's American Yacht List (#311)
Name: Reposo
Owner: Bradford B. McGregor; Club(s): 1 [New York], 63 [Larchmont], 101 [New York]; Port: New York
Official no. 110857; Type & Rig Scw. Str. [Screw Steamer]
Tons Gross 29.83; Tons Net 14.92; LOA 73.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 11.6; Depth 7.8; Draught 5.0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine 2 Cy. 6 & 10 1/2 x 10. Square [Boiler]; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co.

1902 Manning's American Yacht List
Name: Reposo
Owner: Louis F. Heublein; Port: Hartford, Conn.
Official no. 110857; Type & Rig Scw. Schr. [Screw Schooner]
Tons Gross 29.83; Tons Net 14.92; LOA 73.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 11.6; Depth 7.8; Draught 5.0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine 2 Cy. 6 & 10 1/2 x 10 1/2. Water Tube [Boiler]. 1900; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Seabury

1903 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts
Name: Reposo
Owner: E. Swann; Port: Hartford, Conn.
Official no. 110857; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig ScwSch [Screw Schooner]
Tons Gross 29.83; Tons Net 14.92; Reg. Length 58.0; LOA 75.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 11.6; Depth 7.8; Draught 5.3
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine C[ompound]. 2 Cy. 6 & 10 1/2 x 10 1/2; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, R.I.

1903 Manning's American Yacht List
Name: Reposo
Owner: Edward Morell; Port: Phila., Pa.
Official no. 110857; Type & Rig Scw Schr. [Screw Schooner]
Tons Gross 29.83; Tons Net 14.92; LOA 73.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 11.6; Depth 7.8; Draught 5.0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine 2 Cy. 6 & 10 1/2 x 10 1/2. Water Tube [Boiler]. 1900; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Seabury

1905 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts
Name: Reposo
Owner: L. C. Clark; Port: New York
Official no. 110857; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Scw Stm [Screw Steamer], Sch[ooner]
Tons Gross 29.83; Tons Net 14.92; Reg. Length 58.0; LOA 75.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 11.6; Depth 7.8; Draught 5.3
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine C[ompound]. 2 Cyl. 6 & 10 1/2 x 10 1/2; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, R.I.

1906 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2471)
Name: Reposo
Owner: Robert C. Black; Port of Registry: New York
Official no. 110857; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], ScwL Sch [Screw Launch Schooner]
Tons Gross 29; Tons Net 14; LOA 75-0; LWL 68-0; Extr. Beam 11-7; Depth 7-10; Draught 5-5
Sailmaker H. M. Co.; Sails made in [19]03
Builder Her. M. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cyl. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 1/4 x 7. 1B[oiler] W[ater] T[ube]. [19]00; Maker Her. M. Co. Seabury

1912 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2589)
Name: Reposo
Port: New York
Official no. 110857; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], ScwL Sch [Screw Launch Schooner]
Tons Gross 29; Tons Net 14; LOA 75-0; LWL 68-0; Extr. Beam 11-7; Depth 7-10; Draught 5-5
Sailmaker HMCo.; Sails made in [19]03
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cyl. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 1/4 x 7. 1B[oiler] W[ater] T[ube]. [19]00; Maker Her. M. Co. Seabury

1928 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#478.07)
Name: Reposo
Owner: Eulo D. Baldwin; Port: Philadelphia, Pa.; Port of Registry: Brooklawn, N.J.
Official no. 110857; Type & Rig Ol.s. [Oil engine, screw]
Tons Gross 15; Tons Net 10; Reg. Length 57.7; Extr. Beam 11.7; Depth 4.1
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine Horsepower: 90
Note: Service: Pas[senger]; Crew: 1

1933 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#512.18)
Name: Reposo
Owner: Eulo D. Baldwin (112 New Jersey Road, Brooklawn, N.J.); Port: Philadelphia, Pa.
Official no. 110857; Type & Rig Ol.s. [Oil engine, screw]
Tons Gross 15; Tons Net 10; Reg. Length 57.7; Extr. Beam 11.7; Depth 4.1
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine Horsepower: 90
Note: Service: Pas[senger]; Crew: 1

Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.

Supplement

From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
  • 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.
From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
  • 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.
From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff

Name: Reposo
Type: 75' steamer
Owner: Bradford McGregor
Year: 1890
Row No.: 568

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.

From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Year: 1889
E/P/S: P
No.: 161
Name: Reposo
OA: 67' 4"
LW: 55' 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.

Research Note(s)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Gross Register Tons (29.83) from the 1890-91 Manning's American Yacht List (Net Register Tons were reported as 14.92) 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.)

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