HMCo #186p Vacuna

Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Vacuna
Type: Steam Yacht
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1895-11
Launch: 1896-4-28
Construction: Wood
LOA: 85' (25.91m)
LWL: 69' 6" (21.18m)
Beam: 13' 6" (4.11m)
Draft: 5' 3" (1.60m)
Displ.: 46.0 short tons (41.7 metric tons)
Propulsion: Steam, Herreshoff, 115 / 120 h.p. Triple exp., 3 cyl. (4 1/2" & 7" & 11 1/4" bore x 7" stroke)
Boiler: Square Water Level
Built for: Van Duzer, Selah R.
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Same as #182
Last reported: 1972 (aged 76)

See also:
#189701es [Cutter for #186p Vacuna] (1897)

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 #1200Model number: 1200
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
10 built, modeled by NGH
#173p Kalolah [Kaloola] (1893)
#175p Louise (1893)
#178p Eugenia I (1894)
#179p Neckan (1894)
#182p Eugenia II (1895)
#186p Vacuna (1896)
#189p Katrina II (1897)
#193p Nina (1897)
#205p Eugenia III (1899)
#208p Florence (1900)

Original text on model:
"173 75' wl KALOLAH 1893
175 83' wl LOUISE 1893
178 65' wl EUGENIA 1894
179 90' wl NECKAN 1894
182 69 1/2' wl EUGENIA 1895
186 69 1/2' wl VACUNA 1897
189 83' wl KATRINA 1897
193 83' wl NINA [1]898
205 83' wl EUGENIA 1900
208 85' wl FLORENCE 1900" (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.

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 119-039 (HH.5.09757) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #186p Vacuna are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 062-028 (HH.5.04393): Spare Tiller for Str. # 120 (1885-05-08)
  2. Dwg 066-004 (HH.5.04677): Engine Signal Apparatus (1885-06-08)
  3. Dwg 085-031 (HH.5.06617): Socket for Awning Stanchion Str. 162 (1890-01-11)
  4. Dwg 085-030 (HH.5.06616): Plates to Strengthen [sic] Rail for Davits and Awning Stanchion for Str. No. 161 (1890-03-31)
  5. Dwg 067-039 (HH.5.04768): Forward Sheaves and Straps for Steering Chain, Str. 163 (1890-06-14)
  6. Dwg 083-042 (HH.5.06398): Combined Hatch and Skylight for Strs. # 173 and 175 (1893-03-04)
  7. Dwg 009-036 (HH.5.00818): Coupling for Steamer # 178 (1893-08-05)
  8. Dwg 119-039 (HH.5.09757): General Arrangement > Steamer No. 182, 85' O.A.L., 69'-6" W.L., 5'-3" Draft (ca. 1894)
  9. Dwg 114-029 (HH.5.09526): Anchor Davit for Str. 178 - 179 (1894-02-14)
  10. Dwg 068-006 (HH.5.04810): Forward Sheaves and Straps for Str. 179 (1894-02-15)
  11. Dwg 043-020 (HH.5.03370): Boiler for Str. 182 and 186 (1894-10-06)
  12. Dwg 096-069 (HH.5.08023): Sails > Sails for # 182 and 186 (1894-10-08)
  13. Dwg 044-041 (HH.5.03497): Detail for Boiler, Str. 182 (1894-10-12)
  14. Dwg 082-032 (HH.5.06304): For Str. No. 182, 186 [Awnings] (1894-11-12)
  15. Dwg 008-006 (HH.5.00705): Shaft for No. 182 and 186 (1894-11-13)
  16. Dwg 080-046 (HH.5.05957): For Steamer # 181 (1895-04-17)
  17. Dwg 041-000 (HH.5.03304): Condenser for Seagoing Torpedo Boats No. 6, 7 and 8 (1895-08)
  18. Dwg 005-017 (HH.5.00252); General Arrangement > Arr'g't, Yacht - Stm, 85' O.A., 69'-6" W.L., Draft # 182 = 5'-3", # 186 = 4'-9" (1895-11-15)
  19. Dwg 043-000 (HH.5.03448): For # 185 and # 186, for One Boiler (1895-12-22)
  20. Dwg 037-057 (HH.5.02795.1): Boiler Shop Tube Bending Lever (ca. 1896)
  21. Dwg 037-057 (HH.5.02795.2): Boiler Shop for Tube Bending Forms (ca. 1896)
  22. Dwg 056-036 (HH.5.04048): 184 and 185 [Condenser] (ca. 1896)
  23. Dwg 091-046 (HH.5.07316): Steamer # 186 [Rigging List] (ca. 1896)
  24. Dwg 059-024 (HH.5.04187): Lead Slabs for Str. 186 (1896-02 ?)
  25. Dwg 080-000 (HH.5.05957.1): For 186 (1896-03-02)
  26. Dwg 037-057 (HH.5.02795): For Bending 1/2 Tubes, Boiler for # 186 (1896-03-17)
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

"[1896-04-01] Wed 1: ... Set up frames for st[eam] launch no 186 [sic. The steam yacht #186p Vacuna was launched April 28, 1896 which would have implied a 4-weeks building time. Apparently NGH meant the steam launch #187p Hist]. ...
[1896-04-01] Wed 1: Set up frames for str #186 [Vacuna]. ...
[1896-04-28] Tue 28: Launched str #186 Vacuna in morning. ...
[1896-05-02] Sat 2: ... Trial on Vacuna (#186p).
[1896-05-22] Fri 22: ... Vacuna [#186p] left for Alex[andria]. Bay." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1896. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"Building the 30-Footers. ... The new steam yacht, similar to the Eugenia, which is being built for Mr. Van Duser [sic, i.e. Duzer] of New-York is nearly planked. ..." (Source: Anon. "Building the 30-Footers." New York Times, January 19, 1896, p. 6.)

"Bristol, R. I., April 11 [1896]. --- ... The steam yacht building for Mr Van Duzen of New York at the Herreshoffs is nearly ready for launching." (Source: Anon. "Launch and Trial Trip. C. S. Eaton's Knockabout Cock Robin Afloat at Bristol." Boston Globe, April 12, 1896, p. 30.)

"The 80 foot steam yacht 'Vacuna' was launched from the Herreshoff north shop this morning at 8 o'clock. In build she somewhat resembles J B Herreshoff's Vacuna." (Source: Anon. "Launchings." Bristol Phoenix, April 28, 1896, p. 2.)

"Vacuna, schooner yacht, of [blank].
Built at Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
23.29 tons; 75.1 ft. x 13.5 ft. x 8 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, plain head, overhanging stern.
Surveyed and measured, [no date]." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Vacuna.)

"BRISTOL, R.I., April 18 [1896]. --- ... The steam yacht Vacuna, built for Mr. S. S. Van Duzer of New-York, is having some finishing work done on the interior, and her launching is looked for at any time now. ...." (Source: Anon. "Eastern Yachting News. The Small Boats at the Herreshoffs' Nearing Completion." New York Times, April 19, 1896, p. 3.)

"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 942:]
Vacuna, schooner yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1896.
23.29 tons; 75.1 ft. x 13.5 ft. x 8 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, plain head [bow].
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) May 6, 1896. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: John B. Herreshoff Bristol.
Surrendered [license] June 15, 1896 at Alexandria Bay, N.Y. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence]) (N.,." (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. Vacuna.)

"The new steam yacht Vacuna sailed this noon for Alexandria Bay, where she will be delivered to her owner Mr. Van Duzer." (Source: Anon. "News and Notes of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, May 22, 1896, p. 2.)

"Alexandria Bay, July 1 [1904] ... Mr. and Mrs J. P. Wiser, Mrs Homans, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown, E. F. Wiser and Isaac P. Wiser of Prescott visited the bay yesterday in Mr. Wiser's yacht Vacuna, which he purchased last week from H. Van Duzer. The party were at the Thousand Island House for dinner. ..." (Source: Anon. "Alexandria Bay." Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, July 5, 1904, p. 14.)

"The steam yacht Vacuna, owned by E. P. Wiser, of Prescott, went ashore near W. B. Hayden's summer home Monday, but aside from brushing away the paint, she was uninjured." (Source: Anon. "Local News." Ogdensburg Daily Journal, July 19, 1907, p. ?.)

"... Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cohen, Lowther Avenue, spent the week-end cruising in the Georgian Bay, with Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Nathanson, on the latter's yacht, the Vacuna. ..." (Source: Anon. "Toronto Social." Canadian Jewish Review, September 11, 1925, p. 17.)

Archival Documents

"N/A"

"[Item Description:] Photograph negative, unmarked and untitled. A Newport 30, upside down and just finished planking, appears in the left foreground. In the right foreground are two more Newport 30s, right sid up, with decks laids and their interiors and deckhouses being installed. In the right backgound is yet another Newport 30 that is apparently finished and has been painted. In the left backgound is what appears to be a steam yacht, probably #186p VACUNA. If that is right, the finished Newport 30 in the background would probably be #471s HERA and this photo would have been taken in the last week of April 1896 (VACUNA was launched April 28 1896 and the first Newport 30 to be launched was HERA on May 2, 1896)." (Source: Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE14_02620. Photo Negatives. Folder [no #]. No date (1896-04 ?).)
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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:
§35: #186p VACUNA Trial Run (1896-05-02)." (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:] 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 #186p Vacuna even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


Images

Registers

1896 Manning's American Yacht List (#391)
Name: Vacuna
Owner: Selah R. Van Duzer; Port: New York
Type & Rig Scw Schr. [Screw Schooner]
LOA 84.6; LWL 69.6; Extr. Beam 13.8; Depth 8.0; Draught 5.4
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine Ver[tical] I[nverted] Tr[iple] Ex[pansion] Con[densing] 3 Cyl. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 x 7. Water Tube [Boiler]; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co.

1902 Manning's American Yacht List
Name: Vacuna
Owner: Selah R. Van Duzer; Port: Alexandria Bay, N.Y.
Type & Rig Scw. Schr. [Screw Schooner]
LOA 84.6; LWL 69.6; Extr. Beam 13.8; Depth 8.0; Draught 4.6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine Ver[tical] I[nverted] Tr[iple] Ex[pansion] Con[densing] 3 Cy. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 x 7. Water Tube [Boiler]; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co.

1905 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts
Name: Vacuna
Owner: John Philip Wiser; Port: Prescott, Canada
Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Scw Stm [Screw Steamer], Sch[ooner]
Tons Gross 46.00; Tons Net 23.00; Reg. Length 75.1; LOA 84.5; LWL 69.5; Extr. Beam 13.5; Depth 8.0; Draught 4.5
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine 3 Cyl. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 x 7. 1 B[oiler] W[ater] T[ube]; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co.

1906 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2998)
Name: Vacuna
Owner: John Philip Wiser; Port: Prescott, Ont.
Official no. 107684; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], ScwStm [Screw Steamer], Sch[ooner]
Tons Gross 52; Tons Net 35; LOA 84-6; LWL 69-6; Extr. Beam 13-6; Depth 8-0; Draught 4-6
Builder Her. M. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cyl. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 x 7. 1 B[oiler] W[ater] T[ube]; Maker Her. Mfg. Co.

1910 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K.
Name: Vacuna
Owner: J. P. Wiser (Prescott, Ont., Canada); Club(s): Can.; Port: Prescott, Ont.
Official no. 107684; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig ScwSch [Screw Schooner]
Tons Gross 51.77; Tons Net 35.21; LOA 75.1; Extr. Beam 13.5; Depth 8.0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine T[riple] 3Cy. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 - 7. 1 W[ater] T[ube] B[oiler] ; Maker Herreshoff Co., Brs., R.I.

1912 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#3168)
Name: Vacuna
Owner: John Philip Wiser Est.; Port: Prescott, Ont.
Official no. 107684; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], ScwStm [Screw Steamer], Sch[ooner]
Tons Gross 52; Tons Net 35; LOA 84-6; LWL 69-6; Extr. Beam 13-6; Depth 8-0; Draught 4-6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cyl. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 x 7. 1 B[oiler] W[ater] T[ube] 1906; Maker Almy

1914 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#3196)
Name: Vacuna
Owner: John Philip Wiser Est.; Port: Prescott, Ont.
Official no. 107684; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], ScwStm [Screw Steamer], Sch[ooner]
Tons Gross 52; Tons Net 35; LOA 84-6; LWL 69-6; Extr. Beam 13-6; Depth 8-0; Draught 4-6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cyl. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 x 7. 1 B[oiler] W[ater] T[ube] 1906; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Almy

1917 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#3250)
Name: Vacuna
Owner: John Philip Wiser Est.; Port: Prescott, Ont.
Official no. 107684; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], FD [Flush Deck], ScwStm [Screw Steamer], Sch[ooner]
Tons Gross 52; Tons Net 35; LOA 84-5; LWL 69-5; Extr. Beam 13-5; Depth 8-0; Draught 4-5
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine T[riple]. 3 Cyl. 4 1/2, 7 & 11 x 7. 1 B[oiler] W[ater] T[ube] 1906; Maker Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Almy

1932 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#6195)
Name: Vacuna
Owner: E.L. Ruddy (Sterling Towr, 372, Bay Street, Toronto, Ont. Canada); Port: Prescott, Ont.
Official no. 107684; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Sc[re]w
Tons Gross 51.77; Tons Net 35.21; LOA 84-5; Extr. Beam 13-5; Depth 8-0; Draught 5-0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Builders; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine Oil Engine 4S.C. 6Cy. 6" 0 6 1/2"; Maker Fairbanks-Morse, [19]31
Note: Steam Eng. rem[oved] [19]32
Not listed in earlier Lloyd's Registers of Yachts U.K.

1936 Lloyd's Register of Yachts U.K. (#6437)
Name: Vacuna
Owner: E.L. Ruddy (Sterling Towr, 372, Bay Street, Toronto, Ont. Canada); Port: Prescott, Ont.
Official no. 107684; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Sc[re]w
Tons Gross 51.77; Tons Net 35.21; LOA 84-5; Extr. Beam 13-5; Depth 8-0; Draught 5-0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer Builders; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1896
Engine Oil Engine 4S.C. 6Cy. 6" 0 6 1/2"; Maker Fairbanks-Morse, [19]32
Note: Steam Eng. rem[oved] [19]32
Not listed in later Lloyd's Registers of Yachts U.K.

1968 Canada List of Shipping
Name: Vacuna
Owner: Donald J. Brodey (MO) (19 Greenvalley Road, Willowdale, Ont.); Port: Toronto
Official no. 107684
Tons Gross 52; Tons Net 35; Reg. Length 75.1; Extr. Beam 13.5
Built where Bristol, R.I., U.S.A.; Built when 1896

1972 Canada List of Shipping
Name: Vacuna
Owner: Donald J. Brodey (MO) (19 Greenvalley Road, Willowdale, Ont.); Port: Toronto
Official no. 107684
Tons Gross 52; Tons Net 35; Reg. Length 75
Built where Bristol, R.I., U.S.A.; Built when 1896

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: Vacuna
Type: Steam
Length: 85'
Owner: Van Duzer, S. R.

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: Vacuna
Type: 84' 6" steam
Owner: Selah R. Van Duzer
Year: 1896
Row No.: 704

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: 1895
E/P/S: P
No.: 186
Name: Vacuna
OA: 85'
LW: 69"6" [sic, i.e. 69' 6"]

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)

"Vacuna was a shistership of Eugenia II according to a note in the New York Times of January 19, 1896, p. 6." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

"Steam engine rating 115hp 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. 4 1/2 & 7 & 11 1/4 x 7, 700[rpm], 120[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.)

"From setup on April 1, 1896 to launch on April 28, 1896, Vacuna was built in 28 days." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2011.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Gross Register Tons (46) from the 1905 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (Net Register Tons were reported as 23) 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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