HMCo #213p Quickstep

"[1901-10-07] Mon 7: Very fine & clear [with] light variable [wind]. Laid keel for #213, 102 [ft] w[ater[l[ine steamer Quickstep]. ...
[1901-10-08] Tue 8: Very fine. Fresh SW [wind] & clear. ... Setting up frames on #213 [Quickstep].
[1901-10-15] Tue 15: Clear & fine [with] NW [wind]. 2.21in. [of] rainfall, ending [in] early AM. Mr. Grinnell here to inspect #213 [Quickstep].
[1901-10-28] Mon 28: Very fine & clear [with] NE [wind]. Began planking #213 [Quickstep]. ...
[1901-12-12] Thu 12: Very fine & mild. Calm all day. ... Mr. Grinnell [owner of #213p Quickstep] here.
[1901-12-28] Sat 28: Very fine [in] AM. Threatening[?] [in] PM. Mr. Grinnell [owner of #213p Quickstep] here. ...
[1902-01-04] Sat 4: NW, clear & cold. Deck laid on #213 [Quickstep]. ...
[1902-03-10] Mon 10: Very fine. Strong NW [wind] & clear. Launched #213 Quickstep at 11:30 & moored at cove pier.
[1902-06-21] Sat 21: Delivered #213 Quickstep to Mr. Grinnell. ...
[1905-03-17] Fri 17: Very fine. Light winds. After working 3 days in breaking ice in cove, [we] succeeded in launching 'Friday' [#234p] and 'Florence' [#213p, ex-Quickstep, steam yacht owned by A. H. Alker who would also own #626s Alera].
[1905-03-21] Tue 21: NE rain storm. Florence [#213p, ex-Quickstep] left for New York with 'Sonya' [#624s] in tow at about 10 AM. ...
[1906-04-21] Sat 21: Florence [#213p, ex-Quickstep] launched in AM." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1901 to 1906. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"June 13, 1902.
Trial of Quickstep #213
On 3 knot course at Bristol Ferry. Wind ESE [at] 8m[ph], slack of 1/2 flood, neap [tide].
Vessel nearly equipped, but with as small am[oun]t of coal and 1/2 tank of water. Cross creek Lehigh coal. With jet.
[Followed by tabulated trial run data with mean speed being 13.26kn = 15.27mph]
... Light vibration when running with forced draft but almost without vibrating when nat[ural] draft.
(Speed required by contract 12 knots.)" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Trials Booklet '1898 - 1909' under date of June 13, 1902. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"June 4, 1904
Quickstep (#213)
Run requested by Mr. Grinnell on 3k[n] course, wind light NE, tide last of neap flood. Everything in good condition and running smoothly at nat[ural] draft speed as usually run.
Fully equipped 6 or 7 tons of coal in bunkers, about 6 tons of outside ballast added at builge this spring. Vessel fully 10 tons more displacement than on original trial. Screw changed to 48in dia[meter] 80in pitch, 4 bl[ade].
[Followed by tabulated trial run data with best mean speed being 12.1kn] ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Trials Booklet '1898 - 1909' under date of June 4, 1904. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"... the Herreshoff Company also built three other quite similar yachts with similar power plants: they were 'Quickstep,' built for Frederick Grinnell in 1902, one hundred and twenty-four feet long; 'Parthenia,' built for Morton F. Plant in 1903, one hundred and thirty feet long; and 'Eugenia,' built for J. B. Herreshoff in 1904, one hundred and thirteen feet long. These yachts were of very similar model but had different cabin arrangements and quite different deck houses." (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. 242, 244.)

"... Cornelius Grinnell of New Bedford, who is having a large steam yacht built in Bristol, visited the Herreshoff shops the first of the week one evening, and looked over the new craft, which is to be put overboard in March." (Source: Anon. "Yachts in Bristol Yards." New York Times, January 10, 1902, p. 10.)

"Quickstep, steam screw yacht, no. 213, of [blank].
Built at Bristol, RI, by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
104.68 gross tons, 71.18 net tons; 107.6 ft. x 18.2 ft. x 12 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts {schooner), overhanging head.
Surveyed and measured, January 18, 1902. [With notes: Official Number 20635. KRMT. Built of Wood and Steel. 200 Horse power.]" (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Quickstep.)

"A very pretty launching took place yesterday forenoon about 11.30 o'clock from Herreshoffs' south construction shop, when the handsome steam yacht Quickstep, built for Frederic Grinnell of Fairhaven, Mass., was put overboard. Russell Grinnell, son of tbe owner, and his wife were present at the launching, and as the yacht started down the ways Mrs. Grinnell christened it Quickstep.
The new yacht was taken in to the wharf after it floated and later was towed to Walker's Cove where the finishing touches will be put on the yacht. It will take about a month to complete her. The woodworkers hare considerable to do and the engine and boiler are set up but are not yet connected.
Quickstep is of composite construction, with steel frames and yellow pine planking. Her length is 122 feet over all, 104 feet water line and her breadth of beam 18 feet. Her contract speed is about 15 knots an hour. The interior finishing is of mahogany and butternut and tbe crew's quarters, which are said to be the best of any seen in the latest models of steam yachts, are located in the stern,.
She is equipped with an electric lighting plant and has every convenience found in modern up-to-date steam yachts. The yacht is intended for deep water cruising and has bilge keels on each side to prevent rolling in a seaway as much as possible.
The owner of the yacht is to leave for Europe and will return in about a month, when the new boat will be ready for him. The engineer of the yacht is to be William H. Walter of this town.
Mr. Grinnell is the owner of the schooner yacht Quickstep, and is a member of several yacht clubs." (Source: Anon. "Pretty Launching. Steam Yacht Quickstep Put Overboard from Herreshoff Shops Yesterday Forenoon." Bristol Phoenix, March 11, 1902, p. 3.)

"Notes for the Yachtsmen. ... Frederick Grinnell's new steam yacht Quickstep was launched at the Herreshoff shops and moored in Walker's Cove to be fitted out for a cruise next Summer. The Quickstep is 130 feet in length, 18 feet beam and has a a school [sic] draught. She is an able-looking craft and has two deck houses and a bridge surmounting the forward one. She is painted white and has a fine sheer. She is fitted with a Herreshoff boiler and engine, the latter having an 11-inch stroke. ..." (Source: Anon. "August Belmont's New Yacht." New York Times, March 23, 1902, p. 10.)

"... The steam yacht Quickstep, owned by Frederic Grinnell of New Bedford, Mass., now in Europe, was hauled around from Walker' s Cove into the slip, between the piers, at Herreshoffs Wednesday, to be finished up, so that the steamer will be in readiness for her owner, when he returns from his European trip. Her spars are not in yet and the carpenters have considerable work to do on her. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yachting Notes." Bristol Phoenix, April 25, 1902, p. 2.)

"... Frederick Grinnell's new steam yacht, Quickstep, is about ready to go into commission. ..." (Source: Anon. "Herreshoff Builds Three Crack Yachts. Bristol Expert Devises a Speedy Looking Knockabout for Harold Vanderbilt, and Arethusa and Catspaw for Other Inside Sailors." New York Sunday Telegraph, June 1, 1902, p. B1.)

"The new steam yacht Quickstep, built at Herreshoffs for Frederio Grinnell of New Bedford, Mass , was given a trial trip in the harbor yesterday. The yacht was out from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. and Mr. Grinnell's son, who resides here, was on board during the trip. Everything worked very satisfactorily and the yacht made about 12 knots an hour." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, June 3, 1902, p. 2.)

"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 769:]
Quickstep, steam screw yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1902.
104.68 gross tons, 71.18 net tons; 107.6 ft. x 18.2 ft. x 12 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, two masts, overhanging head [bow].
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) June 5, 1902. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: J. B. Herreshoff, Bristol.
Surrendered [license] July 14, 1902 at New Bedford. ([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. Quickstep.)

"Bristol Yachting Notes. ... The Quickstep, the new steam yacht 124 feet in length, built by the Herreshoffs for Frederick Grinnell of New Bedford, having developed speed upward of 16 knots an hour in trials in the bay, has been accepted by Mr. Grinnell, who was at Bristol Friday to receive the new boat. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Yachting Notes." New York Times, June 23, 1902, p. 6.)

"... An accident occurred to a part of the machinery of the steam yacht Quickstep Saturday [June 21, 1902], which required the machinists at Herreshoffs' shops until midnight to repair. ..." (Source: Anon. "News and Notes of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, June 24, 1902, p. 2.)

"The steam yacht Quickstep, recently purchased by Commodore A. H. Alker, of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, will be renamed the Florence." (Source: Anon. Yachting Notes." New York Herald, March 17, 1905, p. ?.)

"... The steam yacht Quickstep will be the flagship of the Manhasset Bay yacht club, having been purchased by Commodore A. H. Alker from Frederick Grinnell, through Frank Bowne Jones. The Quickstep was built by Herreshoff in 1902. She is 124 foot over all, 102 foot 6 inches water line, 18 feet 3 inches beam and 8 foot 8 inches draft. ... [At about the same time A. H. Alker also took possession of his new Herreshoff New York 30 #626s Alera.]" (Source: Anon. "Knots, Bends and Splices." Boston Globe, March 19, 1905, p. 29.)

"Mr. Frederick Grinnell has sold the steam yacht, Quickstep through the agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones to Commodore A. H. Alker, commodore of the Manhasset Bay Y. C. The boat's name will be changed to Florence. She was designed and built in 1902 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, and is 124ft over all, 100ft. 6in. waterline, 18ft 3in. breadth, and 5ft. draft. Florence will replace the smaller steam yacht [#208p Florence] of the same name that Commodore Alker has used for several years past." (Source: Anon. "Manhasset Bay Y. C.'s New Flagship." Forest and Stream, March 25, 1905, p. 240.)

"James W. Alker and Henry H. Maxwell, prominent yachting men of New York, and H. E. Converse of Boston were in town this week. The fast steam yacht Quickstep [#213p to be renamed Florence II], recently purchased by Mr Alker, and the Parthenia [#222p], purchased by Mr. Converse, are being overhauled preparatory for cruising the coming season. All three men registered at the Belvedere Hotel." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, March 28, 1905, p. 2.)

"Mrs. Farley's 52-rater racing sloop yacht, Sonya, recently built by the Herreshoffs, arrived in New York Wednesday [March 22, 1905] morning, having been towed to that city by the steam yacht Florence [#208p]." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, March 28, 1905, p. 2.)

"Among the boats which have been hauled up for the winter at the Walker cove yards of the Herreshoff manufacturing company are the twin-screw steam yacht Little Sovereign [#244p], owned by M. D. C. Borden of Fall River, and the steam yacht Florence [#208p], owned by Commodore Alker of the Manhasset Boat club. [Alker was also the owner of the New York 30 #626s Alera.]" (Source: Anon. "News and Notes of Local Interest." Bristol Phoenix, October 31, 1905, p. 2.)

"A large number of boats have been overhauled at Herreshoff marine yards, Walker's Cove, and Malcolm McNaught's boat yards, preparatory to being put in commission for the summer season.
Among the boats overhauled are the Steam Yacht Florence [#208p], owned by A. W. Aiken [sic, i.e. A. H. Alker] of New York; Steam Yacht Tramp [#211p], owned bv William O. Gay of Boston; Steam Yacht Augusta [#146p], owned by J. B. Herreshoff; the 30-footer Alera [#626s], owned by A. W. Aiken; the 40-footer Cock Robin [#617s], owned by Mr. Eaton of Long Island; ..." (Source: Anon. "Boats Overhauled for the Season." Bristol Phoenix, April 13, 1906, p. 1.)

"The boat yards of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. at Walker's Cove, Bristol, R. I., which ordinarily about this time of the year present a very busy appearance, seem to be in line with the general trend of boating at the present time and there is but very little doing. The same condition exists in the three shops of the company, nearly all of the employees of which have been laid off until further orders are received.
Herreshoff was fortunate in having his yards selected as the winter resting place of numerous craft, of all sizes, and kinds, and last fall it was expected that the following spring would be one of the busiest seasons which the company had had for some time past. It is believed by the Bristol yachtsmen, however, that the recent panic affected to a greater or less degree the sport, which is a very costly one. Indeed, and not until the effects of the panic have worn off will there be as great interest and activity manifested as there was last year.
There are now at Walker's cove the steam yacht Florence [#213p ex-Quickstep], owned by A. H. Alker of New York, and the Florette [#208p ex-Florence], a smaller craft, which is also owned by Mr. Alker; ...
Both of Mr. Alker's yachts are being fitted out, and will be put overboard within a short time. ..." (Source: Anon. "Little Business At Boat Yards. Herreshoff's Yard Very Dull For This Timee Of The Year." New London, April 21, 1908, p. 8.)

"BRISTOL, R. I., May 27 [1911] --- ... Steam yacht Florence, owned by A. H. Alker of New York, having been fitted out for the season at Herreshoffs, left here for New York Monday last [May 22, 1911] to be placed in commission." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, May 28, 1911, p. 62.)

"... Mr [John G.] Alden has chartered ... the 130-foot steam yacht Florence II for A. H. Alker of the New York Y. C. to Harry Hartley of Boston ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, July 30, 1911, p. 49.)

"BRISTOL, R I, May 3 [1912] --- The steam yacht Florence, owned by A. H. Alker of New York, which is 135 feet in length, has been chartered to A. B. Turner of Boston. Mr Turner will go cruising in June for a couple of months in the yacht. She was launched from the storage yard in Walkers Cove last Monday, and Capt Hanson, her skipper, is to take her to South Brooklyn tomorrow to fit her out. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, May 5, 1912, p. 53.)

"Bureau Of Navigation
Washington
October 30, 1929.
Collector of Customs, Providence, R. I.
Sir:
Please furnish this office with a copy of tonnage admeasurement on Cat. 1410 for the ga. s. FLORENCE (20635), reported to have been built at Bristol, R.I., in 1902.
Your office copy, which will be returned, will answer the purpose.
Very truly yours.
Commissioner." (Source: Bureau Of Navigation Washington. Letter to Collector of Customs, Providence, R.I. October 30, 1929. Inlaid in: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum). s.v. st. y. Quickstep, January 18, 1902.)

"November 1, 1929.
Commissioner of Navigation, Department of Commerce Washington, D.C.
Sir,
Referring to your letter of October 30, File No. 171336-N, we are enclosing our office copy of Form 1410, pertaining to the Tonnage Ameasurement of the steam yacht QUICKSTEP, (20635), built at Bristol in 1902, which name appears to have been later changed to FLORENCE.
We understand that this copy is to be returned to this office when it shall have served your purposes.
Respectfully,
Emery J. San Souci, Collector." (Source: Collector of Customs, Providence, R.I.. Letter to Bureau Of Navigation Washington November 1, 1929. Inlaid in: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum). s.v. st. y. Quickstep, January 18, 1902.)

"Bureau Of Navigation
Washington
November 19, 1929.
Collector of Customs, Providence, R. I.
Sir:
Having served its purpose, returned herewith is your office copy of tonnage admeasurement on Cat. 964 (b) for the ga. s. QUICKSTEP, now the ga. s. FLORENCE (20635), forwarded with your letter of the 1st instant.
Very truly yours.
Commissioner." (Source: Bureau Of Navigation Washington. Letter to Collector of Customs, Providence, R.I. November 19, 1929. Inlaid in: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum). s.v. st. y. Quickstep, January 18, 1902.)

"Florence (SP 173)
Patrol Yacht: Built in 1903 as Quickstep by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI; Renamed Florence; Acquired by the Navy 28 April 1917; Commissioned USS Florence (SP 173), 29 August 1917; Decommissioned 22 February 1919 and returned to her owner, James W. Alker of New York City. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 104 t.; Length 124'; Beam 18' 3"; Draft 5' 3"; Speed 12 kts; Complement 17; Armament one 6-pounder and two 3-pounders. " (Source: http://navsource.org/archives/12/170173.htm, retrieved March 17, 2007.)

"Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Florence
Former name retained.
(PY: l. 124'; b. 18'3"; dr. 5'3"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 17; a. 1 6-pdr., 2 3-pdr.)
Florence (No. 173), a yacht free-leased by the Navy in 1917, was commissioned on 29 August of that year, with her owner, Ensign J. W. Alker, USNRF, in command. She was assigned to the 3d Naval District for patrol duty in Long Island Sound. During 1918 she also conducted drills, acted as guardship, convoyed submarines out for operations, and set up target ranges for the ships of the fleet. On 22 February 1919 Florence was placed out of commission and returned to her owner." (Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f3/florence.htm, retrieved March 17, 2007.)

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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled 'St[eame]r #213 [QUICKSTEP]. 102ft w.l. Aug[ust] 13 1901. Taken off before model was sandpapered'. With calculations arriving at a displacement of 2480cuft = 159000lbs." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04290. Folder [no #]. 1901-08-13.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled full sections with pinpricks titled 'St[eame]r #213 [QUICKSTEP]' and marked '#213' and '222 [#222p PARTHENIA]'. With calculations about steam engine power and boiler size and list of scantlings. Undated (a set of penciled pantograph hull sections of the same design was dated August 13, 1901)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_04280. Folder [no #]. No date (after 1901-08-13 ??).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled table titled 'Anchors. Nov[ember 22, 1901' with tabulated data for 'Straight stock [anchors]' and [not named, but presumably folding anchors] showing unit data for 'Class. W[ei]g[h]t' (from 10 to 260lbs) on the x-axis and 'On hand', 'Required' and 'To make' on the Y-axis. With note 'This does not include anchors of 30ft class [Buzzards Bay 30s], 2 21 footers [#573s TERRAPIN and ??], Nos 213 [#213p QUICKSTEP], 214 [#214p Launch for St. Y. Isis], 215 [#215p ROAMER], which are already ordered." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_03100. Folder [no #]. 1901-11-22.)
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"[Item Description:] Circular diagram (to register vibrations or eccentricities ?) marked in pencil 'Feb[ruary] 1, 1902', 'center' and 'bottom'. (Probably made for #213p QUICKSTEP then under construction. Compare with similar diagrams for QUICKSTEP dated February 1, 1902)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. ?) (creator). Circular Diagram. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE14_00390. Folder [no #]. 1902-02-01.)
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"[Item Description:] Six circular diagrams (to register vibrations or eccentricities ?). One diagram marked in red pencil 'I. Feb[ruary] 3, 1902' and in pencil 'side', 'bottom', 'I [intermediate]' and 'H [high pressure]'. The second diagram marked in pencil '11in stroke marine eng[ine]' and 'side' and 'bottom' and 'III'. The third diagram marked in red pencil 'II' and in pencil '11in marine engine' and 'side' and 'bottom'. The fourth (smaller) diagram marked in red pencil 'I. Feb[ruary] 3, 1902' and in pencil 'I' and 'Down'. The fifth (smaller) diagram marked in red pencil 'II' and in pencil '11in stroke marine en[ine]' and 'I crank'. The sixth (smaller) diagram marked in in pencil 'III' and '4'. (The 11in stroke steam engine could only have been for #213p QUICKSTEP then under construction)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. ?) (creator). Circular Diagram. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE14_00370. Folder [no #]. 1902-02-03.)
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"[Item Description:] Six circular diagrams (to register vibrations or eccentricities ?). One diagram marked in pencil 'third [unreadable]'. The second diagram marked in pencil 'Diagram from shaft end of #215 [ROAMER] engine when suspended in shop. Dec[ember] 16 1901' and 'about 400 rev[olutions]'. The third diagram marked in pencil '# 2. #213 [QUICKSTEP] engine. [unreadable]'. The fourth diagram marked in pencil '3rd Balance wheel end. Lead w[ei]g[h]t added to counter balance oppposite eccentric. 3 x 3 engine. Jan[uary] 31, 1902'. The fifth diagram marked in pencil '#213 [QUICKSTEP] engine forward end of side shaft'. The sixth diagram marked in in pencil 'Eccen[ shaft' and 'Feb[ruary] 1, 1904[?]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. ?) (creator). Circular Diagram. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE14_00380. Folder [no #]. 1902-12-16.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled note listing steam engine size, horsepower, and technical details for WANA [#230p], QUICKSTEP [#213p] and GWIN [#192p]. On verso penciled calculations. Undated, WANA was built in 1903" (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_02460. Folder [no #]. No date (1903 or later).)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten (in ink) trial run note titled 'QUICKSTEP Trial. June 4, 1904. (#213)' with table with performance data. With note 'Feed water was heated by means of exhaust from airpump and the temperature such so you barely could hold your hand on feed pipe'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Trial Run Note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE03_02840. Folder [no #]. 1904-06-04.)
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"[Item Description:] Handwritten notebook. This booklet had two lives: In 1907-1908, 1908-1909 and 1909-1910 it was used for winter storage records, listing name of boat, owner, storage location, billed amount, and dates of storage. Listed were for the winter of 1907/1908: #235p MIST, ORIANA, #571s LARIKIN, EAGLET, #453s VAQUERO II, #580s TRIVIA, #663s ISTALENA, COSSACK, #666s AVENGER, #220p ATALA (for sale), #207p MIRAGE, #224p EUGENIA, #146p AUGUSTA, #247p SEA URCHIN, #105p COSETTE, ARLINE, #213p FLORENCE, #208p FLORETTE, #249p SISILINA, #591s IROLITA, #481s SPALPEEN, DUCHESS, #669s ELEANOR, #460s KILDEE, #647s CAPRICE, #408s PELICAN, #243p SWIFTSURE, #617s COCK ROBIN, #177p VANISH, #446s ALERION, and #591s IROLITA I, for the winter of 1908/1909: #666s AVENGER, #663s ISTALENA, #481s SPALPEEN, #580s TRIVIA, #617s COCK ROBIN, COSSACK, #177p VANISH, #242p #242, #243p SWIFTSURE, SKIP, #446s ALERION, CHEWINK II, DUCHESS, #571s LARIKIN, #460s KILDEE, #679s PEPITA, EAGLET, #408s PELICAN, #453s VAQUERO, #146p AUGUSTA, #224p EUGENIA, COYOTE, #264p SARAH WEBB, #207p MIRAGE, ARLINE, #213p FLORENCE, #208p FLORETTE, #249p SISILINA, #591s IROLITA I, CASSANDRA 27ft Launch, and #263p CASSANDRA 34ft Launch, and for the winter of 1909/1910: #252p WANECHE (no further boats were listed). At some later time, the same book was turned upside down and inscribed with a new title in ink '200Ft Submarine Destroyer [#191802ep Unbuilt 200ft Submarine Chaser]. Data + Calculation Book. Herreshoff Mfg Co.' on its now-new front cover (formerly its back cover), followed by weight data estimates and calculations for this submarine destroyer." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.087. Box HAFH.6.2B, Folder Submarine Destroyer 200-Footer. 1907-1908, 1908-1909, 1909-1910, 1918-06.)
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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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"[Item Transcription:] Order book with carbon copy duplicates of instructions given by NGH titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Orders from N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§19: Work Order [For] #213p, #215p, #216p, #560s, #561s, #562s, #563s, #564s, #565s, #566s, #567s -- #569s, #570s, #571s, #572s. [When wanted] As made. Chain cables (1901-09-30)
§22: Work Order [For] #213p, #215p. [When wanted] Soon. Hardware from Detroit Shipbuilding Co. (1901-12-02)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Order Book. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_03460. Folder [no #]. 1900-02 to 1909-10.)
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ⑬ ⑭ ⑮ ⑯ ⑰ ⑱ ⑲ ⑳ ㉑ ㉒ ㉓ ㉔ ㉕ ㉖ ㉗ ㉘ ㉙ ㉚ ㉛ ㉜ ㉝ ㉞ ㉟ ㊱ ㊲ ㊳ ㊴ ㊵ ㊶ ㊷ ㊸ ㊹ ㊺ ㊻ ㊼ ㊽ ㊾ ㊿
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (mostly in pencil but also in ink) trials booklet titled '1898 - 1909'. Relevant contents:
§13: #213p QUICKSTEP Trial Run best mean speed 17.98kn = 20.7mph (1901-09-12)
§24: #213p QUICKSTEP Trial Run mean speed 13.26kn = 15.27mph (1902-06-13)
§34: #213p QUICKSTEP Trial Run (1904-06-04)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE09_00060. Folder [no #]. 1898-09 to 1911-04.)
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ⑬ ⑭ ⑮ ⑯ ⑰ ⑱ ⑲ ⑳ ㉑ ㉒ ㉓ ㉔ ㉕ ㉖ ㉗ ㉘ ㉙ ㉚ ㉛ ㉜ ㉝ ㉞ ㉟ ㊱ ㊲ ㊳ ㊴ ㊵ ㊶ ㊷ ㊸ ㊹ ㊺ ㊻ ㊼ ㊽ ㊾ ㊿
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #213p Quickstep even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Quickstep (HMCo-made index card)
• Quickstep (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Florence ex-Quickstep (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: Quickstep
Type: Steam
Length: 124'
Owner: Grinnell, Frederick

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

• Quickstep
• Florence ex-Quickstep
• 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: Quickstep
Type: 124' steam
Owner: Russell & Frederick Gnnnell
Year: 1902
Row No.: 556

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: 1901
E/P/S: P
No.: 213
Name: Quickstep
OA: 124'
LW: 102 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.

"Sold in 1905 to A. H. Alker [who also took delivery of #626s Alera that year]." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [Note on Vessel Name Index Card.] No date.)

"A 'Herreshoff triple expansion steam engine, steeple type, cylinders 8 --- 12 1/4 --- 20, 11 in. stroke.' was listed in the 1924 auction catalog when HMCo was auctioned off. This would appear to have been the old engine for #213p Quickstep or #222p Parthenia for they were the only HMCo-built vessel to be equipped with such an engine. Parthenia's engine was reported by the 1925 Lloyd's Register as having been removed and replaced by a Diesel engine. Thus, this appears to have been Parthenia's engine. But note that Quickstep was also listed in later years as having an oil engine, although it is unclear just when it was replaced." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 18, 2015.)

"Steam engine rating 470hp 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 Inclosed Type. 8 & 12 1/2 & 20 x 11, 460[rpm], 400[hp]. [Note:] 408 [hp in pencil]." (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 153 days (setup to launch; equivalent to 1359 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"Displacement 104 [long or short?] t." (Source: http://navsource.org/archives/12/170173.htm, last visit March 17, 2007.)

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