HMCo #163p Katrina I

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Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Katrina I
Type: High Speed Steam Yacht
Designed by: NGH
Setup: 1890-1-30
Launch: 1890-7-2
Construction: Wood
LOA: 72' 10" (22.20m)
Beam: 9' 0.625" (2.76m)
Draft: 3' 10" (1.17m)
Displ.: 41,580 lbs (18,860 kg)
Propulsion: Steam, Herreshoff, 225 h.p. Triple exp., 3 cyl. (5 5/8" & 9" & 14" bore x 9" stroke)
Boiler: Square Water Level
Propeller: Diameter 36"
Built for: Herreshoff Mfg. Co Stock [Charles L. Hubbard]
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Raised Deck. Cabin with glass sides.
Last reported: 1912 (aged 22)

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 #603Model number: 603
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
12 built, modeled by NGH
#72p Camilla (1881)
#76p Idle Hour (1881)
#77p Edith (1881)
#78p Juliet (1881)
#79p Dido (1881)
#99p Xantho (1884)
#101p 101 (1883)
#110p Lucile [Lucille I] (1884)
#112p [Drawings only for Open Steam Yacht built in Ottawa] (1884)
#120p Polly (1885)
#163p Katrina I (1890)
#171p Lotus Seeker II (1892)
#174p Loon (1893)

Original text on model:
"No. 77 60' long 1881 EDITH
78 45' long ditto 1881 JULIET
No 79 60' long ditto 1881 DIDO
No 99 45' long 1884 XANTHO
101 69' long 1883 "101"
No 110 69' long 1884 LUCILE
No. 120 69' long 1885 POLLY
No 163 73' long 1890 KATRINA
No. 171 73' long 1892 LOTUS SEEKER II
No 174 62' long 1893 LOON" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"60' loa Edith and Dido, steam cabin launches of 1881. Also, with scale change, 45' loa steam launch Juliet of 1881, and 45' loa steam cabin launch of 1884; 68'8" loa 101, steam cabin launch of 1883; 69' 8" loa steam cabin launches Lucile and Polly of 1884 & 1885, 72' 10" loa steam cabin launches Katrina and Lotus Seeker of 1890 & 1892; and 62' loa steam cabin launch Loon of 1893." (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.

Offsets

Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.007

Offset booklet contents:
#77, #78, #110, #120, #163, #171, #174 [various steam yachts].

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

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 119-028 (HH.5.09746) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #163p Katrina I are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 061-006 (HH.5.04325): Skeg and Stern Bearing, Steamer No. 72 (1880-12-22)
  2. Dwg 067-027 (HH.5.04756): Steering Gear Strs. 101 and 133 (1886-05-14)
  3. Dwg 099-004 (HH.5.08201): Detail for 5 5/8" & 9" & 14" x 9" Stroke Triple Engine (ca. 1888)
  4. Dwg 044-011 (HH.5.03467): Details of Boilers 4'-8" Sq. (1889-12-28)
  5. Dwg 082-018 (HH.5.06290): Str. 163 [Awning] (ca. 1890)
  6. Dwg 082-019 (HH.5.06291): For Awning Str. 163 (1890 ?)
  7. Dwg 094-024 (HH.5.07759): Katrina # 163 [Deck House Details] (ca. 1890)
  8. Dwg 047-030 (HH.5.03614): Jet for 5'-6" Sq. Boiler Used for Str. 162 (1890-02-12)
  9. Dwg 062-036 (HH.5.04401): Rudder Stock (1890-03-20)
  10. Dwg 061-026 (HH.5.04345): Skeg and Stern Bearing Str. 163 (1890-04-04)
  11. Dwg 010-050 (HH.5.00894): Stuffing Box for Str. 163 and 174 (1890-04-05)
  12. Dwg 009-024 (HH.5.00806): Coupling for 9 Stroke Engine Str 163 (1890-04-09)
  13. Dwg 094-022 (HH.5.07757): Deck and Pilot House, Str. 163 (1890-04-24)
  14. Dwg 094-018 (HH.5.07752): Section for Deck House Str. 163 (1890-04-25)
  15. Dwg 094-023 (HH.5.07758): Full Size Section Showing Door in Pilot House, Str. 163 (1890-04-25)
  16. Dwg 094-025 (HH.5.07760): Detail of Deck and Pilot House (1890-04-28)
  17. Dwg 094-019 (HH.5.07753): Detail of Deck and Pilot House Str. 163 (1890-04-29)
  18. Dwg 094-020 (HH.5.07754): Details of Deck House Str. 163 (1890-05-01)
  19. Dwg 094-021 (HH.5.07755): Section Showing Door in Deck House Str. 163 (1890-05-01)
  20. Dwg 007-063 (HH.5.00691): Propeller Shaft Str 163, Propeller Shaft for Str 171 (1890-05-02)
  21. Dwg 054-045 (HH.5.03978): Flanged T for Condenser Str. 163 (1890-05-02)
  22. Dwg 054-042 (HH.5.03975): Condenser (1890-05-07)
  23. Dwg 083-028 (HH.5.06384): Hatch for Str. 163 (1890-05-15)
  24. Dwg 072-016 (HH.5.05200): Coal Scuttles Str. 163 (1890-05-23)
  25. Dwg 083-030 (HH.5.06386): 22 1/2" x 24" Hatch, Str. 163 and 171 (1890-05-23)
  26. Dwg 119-028 (HH.5.09746): General Arrangement > Steamer No. 163, 48'-10" O.A.L., 9'-5/8" Beam, 3'-10" Dr. of Water (1890-05-26)
  27. Dwg 067-040 (HH.5.04769): Chain Wheel for Rudder Head Str. 163 (1890-06-06)
  28. Dwg 047-031 (HH.5.03615): Hood and Smoke Stack for Str. 163 (1890-06-07)
  29. Dwg 092-043 (HH.5.07513): Braces for Steamer 163 (1890-06-08)
  30. Dwg 114-019 (HH.5.09514): Boat Davit for Steamer No. 163 (1890-06-13)
  31. Dwg 067-039 (HH.5.04768): Forward Sheaves and Straps for Steering Chain, Str. 163 (1890-06-14)
  32. Dwg 007-067 (HH.5.00695): Shaft for Stm 170 (1891-07-08)
  33. Dwg 099-024 (HH.5.08221): Cranks for 5 5/8" & 9" & 14" x 9" Stroke Engine Used for Engines But Str. 163 and 171 (1892-01-28)
  34. Dwg 099-026 (HH.5.08223): Details of 5 5/8" & 9" & 14" x 9" Stroke Engine (1892-01-30)
  35. Dwg 112-023 (HH.5.09312): Winch on Boom Jaws and Fife Rail of Yachts Nos. 429, 435 and 437 (1893-05-16)
  36. Dwg 005-005 (HH.5.00240); General Arrangement > Katrina, Cruising Steamer - Length over All 72'-10", Water Line 69', Beam 9'-0 5/8", Draught 3'-10" (1893-06-21)
  37. Dwg 096-056 (HH.5.08010): Sails > Sails for Steamer # 163 (1893-07-13)
  38. Dwg 034-038 (HH.5.02454): Worm & Worm Wheel Made By Morse, Williams Co., Phil. Pa. (1898-09-27)
  39. Dwg 043-038 (HH.5.03388): Boiler for Polly # 120, # 163 (1898-11-04)
  40. Dwg 005-043 (HH.5.00278): General Arrangement > Katrina, Cruising Steamer - Length over All 72'-10", Water Line 69', Beam 9'-0 5/8", Draught 3'-10" (1900-04-23)
  41. Dwg 043-061 (HH.5.03412): Boiler for # 120, # 163 (Traced from Dr. 43-38) (1907-04-27)
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

"[1890-01-30] Thu 30: ... Laid keel for #163 [Katrina].
[1890-05-12] Mon 12: ... Turned over st[eame]r #163 (73') [Katrina] .
[1890-07-02] Wed 2: ... Launched st[eame]r #163 [Katrina].
[1890-12-12] Fri 12: Hauled up Pelican [#408s] & st[eame]r #163 [Katrina].
[1891-04-02] Thu 2: Sold st[eame]r #163 [Katrina] to Mr. Hubbard.
[1891-04-20] Mon 20: Launched st[eame]r #163, Katrina from on[?] wharf.
[1891-05-09] Sat 9: St[eame]r #163, Katrina, delivered to Mr. Hubbard at N[ew] London.
[1893-11-11] Sat 11: Hauled out Katrina [#163p] at Pt. Pleasant, ...
[1894-03-13] Tue 13: ... Launched Katrina [#163p] at Point Pleasant.
[1894-08-09] Thu 9: NYYC yachts arrived at Newport; down in Katrina [#163p] to see.
[1894-10-30] Tue 30: Hauled out Katrina [#163p] at Popasquash.
[1896-10-03] Sat 3: Moved up from Farm. Swapped Katrina [#163p] for Neckan [#179p]." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1890 to 1896. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.)

Other Herreshoff Family

"FOR SALE --- A very fine 73 by 9 foot steam yacht, fitted with triple expansion engine and safety pipe boiler of water level type. Yacht has a speed of over 16 miles per hour natural draught, and over 19 miles using jet in stack. Yacht is just completed, and is ready for immediate delivery. Address or call on the Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, R. I., where the yacht can be seen." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "For Sale." Rudder, October 1891, n. p. [27].)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"Lying at anchor in New London Harbor on Thursday last was another novelty of the famous Herreshoffs, who, not entirely content with the marvelous performance of the torpedo boat Cushing, had provided another evidence of their skill as the designers and builders of fast steaming craft. No. 163 [#163p Katrina], as she is yet known, is a stock boat just from the yard for her trial trip, a sharp, clean-lined little day launch, 73ft. over all, 9ft. 6in. beam and about 4ft. draft, intended to fill a place between the convenient but diminutive naphtha launch and the more cumbrous but comfortable cruising steam yacht. This speedy little flyer, with a crew of but three or four, is the sort of a boat to pick a man up in the city at the end of a busy day and carry him home at a rapid pace to Larchmont, Sandy Hook or up the Hudson, bringing him back next morning with no trouble from L roads, tunnels or ferries. At the same time, she is fitted for day runs and short cruises, and is a most convenient craft in every way.
The middle of the boat is given up to a Herreshoff boiler and a set of triple compound engines of high power, the framing being of the lightest, steel being used throughout. Forward of the sunken pilot bouse is the forecastle, with bunks for three men; in the pilot house a berth can be made up for the captain. Abaft the engines is a convenient cabin with two sofas which fold down, making berths at night: while under the deck, though the headroom is limited to about 4ft.; are two fixed berths and considerable stowage room. Forward of the cabin is a convenient toilet room. Of course speed is the main object, but at the same time the yacht affords all necessary accommodation for a boat of her class. The construction is excellent, a double-skin hull, with steamed oak frames, all parts being of the lightest, but well braced. The deck is of matched stuff, carefully glued together and then canvassed. The little craft tried her speed with the New York Y. C. fleet, waiting until the last steamer had started from New London and then running through the fleet until she led into Newport harbor." (Source: Anon. "Herreshoff No. 163." Forest and Stream, August 7, 1890, p. 60.)

"Port of Bristol, R. I., April 28,1891. --- APPLICATION HAVING BEEN made to the Commissioner or Navigation through this office, by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, for change of name of the steam yacht 'No. 163' to that of 'Katrina,' under the provisions of the Act of March 2, 1881, and authority having been granted by said Commissioner under date of April 25,1891, I hereby give notice that the steam yacht heretofore sailing under the name of 'No. 163.' will now be known as the 'Katrlna' and be enrolled under that name.
J. HOWARD MANCHESTER, Collector of Customs." (Source: Anon. "District of Bristol and Warren." Bristol Phoenix, May 2, 1891, p. 3.)

"Bristol, R. I., June 13 [1893]. ... The Herreshoffs have sold the steam yacht Kaloolah [#173p], built last Winter for their own use, to Charles L. Hubbard of Norwich, Conn., for whom they built the Katrina two years ago. The latter boat now comes back to them for sale. ..." (Source: Anon. "Ready for Launching." New York Times, June 14, 1893, p. 12.)

"Bristol, R.I. June 17 [1893] --- ... Pres. John B. Herreshoff of the company, by the way, had quite an experience in getting home for the launch [of #437s Vigilant] and arrived in time at no little risk to himself. With Mrs Herreshoff he left at 7 o'clock Tuesday night on the steam yacht Kaloolah [#173p] to deliver the yacht to Mr Hubbard at New London.
The night was spent at Newport and a start made for New London at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning in a thick fog. New London was reached at 9 though, and at 11.20 Mr Herreshoff had transferred his personal belongings to the Katrina [#163p] and had started for Bristol. It was still foggy, but the Katrina was pushed right along through it and made Bristol at 3 40 in the afternoon.
The Katrina is a high-speed yacht with a record of 19.4 miles on her trial trip, and Herreshoff will use her himself for the present, but should he find a customer for her he would probably build a new one for his own use something after the style of the Kaloolah, only a bit smaller. ..." (Source: "Busy Week at Bristol. Last of Big Boats Launched and Herreshoff Shops Nearly Empty." Boston Globe, June 18, 1893, p. 24.)

"... Steam Yacht Katrina, which has been undergoing repairs, has been entirely refitted and painted throughout and will proceed to New York. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachting." Bristol Phoenix, August 4, 1894, p. 2.)

"The steam yacht Katrina has been hauled up in the north shop during the week and she is to be overhauled for the season. She is now owned by Frank G. Knowles of New York, and Capt. Fullwood of Bridgeport, Conn., will command her the coming season." (Source: Anon. "Yachting News." Bristol Phoenix, April 23, 1895, p. 2.)

"... Steam yacht Katrina, lately bought in Bristol by Francis S. Knowles of New York, left here Saturday for New York in charge of Capt. D. Fullwood. She will be used by the owner during the summer in running between New York city and Mr. Knowles's summer residence at Glen Cove, Long Island. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Notes and News of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, May 7, 1895, p. 2.)

"The steam yacht Katrina [#163p Katrina I (#189p Katrina II was owned by Heublein since 1901)] owned by the Herreshoffs, has been chartered for the season and will soon leave for Bar Harbor, Me." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Notes." Bristol Phoenix, June 13, 1902, p. 3.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., July 20 [1902]. ... John B. Herreshoff has sold his private steam yacht Eugenia to Mr. Plant of the South, who gave the fast but small steam yacht Katrina [#163p Katrina I] in exchange in the deal." (Source: Anon. "British Yachting News." New York Times, July 21, 1902, p. 8.)

"... The steam yacht Katrina, built by Herreshoff in 1890, has been purchased by Gustav E. Kissel, of New York. ..." (Source: Anon. "Knots, Bends and Splices." Boston Globe, March 1, 1903, p. 36.)

"No. 15658 --- For Sale--A very handsome Herreshoff steam launch 73 feet over all; 68 feet water line; 9 feet 6 inches beam; 3 feet 8 inches draught. This boat cannot be duplicated for less than $22,000 and she is now offered for $7,500. Her speed is 17 miles an hour. She has a good outfit of awning and stanchions, anchors, chain, cables, life buoys, buckets, tender, oars, steps, binnacle, etc., etc. She also has cushions including one that covers the whole deck aft of the cockpit; this makes a pleasant place to loaf at full length on. Her cushions together with curtains and carpets were furnished by Sloane and were new this year. She has also towels, napkins, sheets, pillows, pillow slips, table cloths, blankets, mattresses, etc., as well as a kerosene stove with oven, and knives, forks, and crockery for the crew. She had a new Herreshoff water-tube boiler installed in 1902, and is in fine condition. Apply to Hollis Burgess, Room 222. Board of Trade Building, 131 State St., Boston, Mass." [Note: Though not explicitly identified, the accompanying photo is very similar to a photo in Bray, Pinheiro: Herreshoff of Bristol, p. 28 that was made shortly before and clearly identifies Katrina. A copy of this photo is also in the collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum.] (Source: Rudder, March 1904, p. 187.)

Archival Documents

"N/A"

"[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 #163p Katrina I even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


Images

Registers

1896 Manning's American Yacht List (#196)
Name: Katrina
Owner: Henry F. Noyes; Club(s): 1 [New York], 25 [Seawanhaka], 86 [?], 139 [Sea Cliff]; Port: New York
Official no. 161011; Type & Rig Scw Stm [Screw Steamer]
Tons Gross 20.79; Tons Net 10.40; LOA 73.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 9.3; Depth 4.0; Draught 3.8
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine T[riple] Ex[pansion] 3 Cyl. , 1B[oiler]. 3 Cy. 5 5/8, 9 & 14 x 9. Water Level [Boiler]. 1893; Maker Herreshoff

1902 Manning's American Yacht List
Name: Katrina
Official no. 161011; Type & Rig Scw. Str. [Screw Steamer]
Tons Gross 20.79; Tons Net 10.40; LOA 73.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 9.3; Depth 4.0; Draught 3.8
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine T[riple] Ex[pansion]. 3 Cy. 5 5/8, 9, & 14 x 9. Water Tube [Boiler]. 1893; Maker Herreshoff

1903 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts
Name: Katrina
Owner: G. E. Kissel; Port: Bristol, R.I.
Official no. 161011; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig ScwStm [Screw Steamer]
Tons Gross 20; Tons Net 10; Reg. Length 73.0; LOA 73.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 9.0; Depth 4.0; Draught 3.8
Builder Herreshoff; Designer Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cy. 1 W[ater] T[ube] [Boiler]. 1902; Maker Herreshoff, Bristol, R.I.

1905 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts
Name: Katrina
Owner: G. E. Kissel; Port: Bristol, R.I.
Official no. 161011; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Scw Stm [Screw Steamer]
Tons Gross 20; Tons Net 10; Reg. Length 73.0; LOA 73.0; LWL 68.0; Extr. Beam 9.0; Depth 4.0; Draught 3.8
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cyl. , 1B[oiler] W[ater] T[ube]. 1902; Maker Herreshoff Co. Bristol, R.I.

1906 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1514)
Name: Katrina
Owner: Mrs. Eva S. Cochrane; Port: Yonkers, N.Y.; Port of Registry: New York
Official no. 161011; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], ScwL [Screw Launch]
Tons Gross 20; Tons Net 10; LOA 73-0; LWL 68-0; Extr. Beam 9-0; Depth 4-0; Draught 3-10
Builder Her. M. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cyl. 5 5/8, 9 & 14 x 9. 1 NB[oiler] W[ater] T[ube]. [19]02; Maker Her. M. Co.

1912 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1559)
Name: Katrina
Owner: Mrs. Thomas Eqing, Jr.; Port: Yonkers, N.Y.; Port of Registry: New York
Official no. 161011; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], TC [Trunk Cabin], ScwL [Screw Launch]
Tons Gross 20; Tons Net 10; LOA 73-0; LWL 68-0; Extr. Beam 9-0; Depth 4-0; Draught 3-10
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1890
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cyl. 5 5/8, 9 & 14 x 9. 1 NB[oiler] W[ater] T[ube]. [19]02; Maker Her. M. Co.

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 1931 HMCo-published Owner's List

Name: Katrina
Type: Steam
Length: 72'10"
Owner: Hubbard, C. L.

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

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: Katrina
Type: 73' launch
Owner: Charles L. Hubbard
Year: 1890
Row No.: 341

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: 1890
E/P/S: P
No.: 163
Name: Katrina
OA: 72' 10"

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)

"Steam engine rating 225hp 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. 5 5/8 & 9 & 14 x 9, 600[rpm], 225[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.)

"Note that Katrina's keel was laid on January 30, 1890, two months before she was recorded as having been contracted for in the Construction Record. She was built on speculation for stock of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, and only a year later, on April 2, 1891 sold to Charles L. Hubbard." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 4, 2011.)

"Built in 153 days (setup to launch; equivalent to 272 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 (20.79) from the 1896 Manning's American Yacht List (Net Register Tons were reported as 10.4) 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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