HMCo #242p Breeze

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Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Breeze
Type: High Speed Steam Launch
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1903-12
Finished: 1904-2 ??
Construction: Wood (Mahogany)
LOA: 45' 6" (13.87m)
LWL: 44' 3" (13.49m)
Beam: 6' 8" (2.03m)
Displ.: 6,525 lbs (2,960 kg)
Propulsion: Steam, Herreshoff, 80 h.p. Triple exp., 3 cyl. (4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" bore x 5 1/2" stroke)
Boiler: Bent Tube; [Plan]43-55
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Mahogany launch
Last reported: 1929 (aged 25)

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 #424Model number: 424
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
30 built, modeled by NGH
#197p [Steam Tender for U.S.C.S. Yankton] (1898)
#198p [Steam Tender for U.S.C.S. Yankton] (1898)
#199p [Steam Tender for U.S.C.S. Eagle] (1898)
#200p [Steam Tender for U.S.C.S. Yosemite] (1899)
#201p [Steam Tender for U.S. Coast Survey] (1899)
#202p [Steam Tender for U.S.C.S. Vixen] (1899)
#204p [Launch for St. Y. Valiant] (1899)
#214p Isis [Launch for St. Y. Isis] (1902)
#220p Atala (1902)
#227p [Launch for St. Y. Yacona] (1902, Extant)
#233p Delaware Junior [Launch for St. Y. Delaware] (1903)
#237p North Star II [Launch for St. Y. North Star II] (1903)
#238p [Launch for U.S.S. Eagle] (1903)
#239p [Launch for U.S.S. Vixen] (1903)
#240p 240 (1904, Extant)
#241p [Launch for St. Y. Haida] (1903)
#242p Breeze (1904)
#246p [Steam Launch for U.S.S. Yankton] (1904)
#255p Electra Jr. [Launch for St. Y. Electra] (1906)
#257p [Gannet (? Launch for St. Y. Electra)] (1907)
#262p [Launch for St. Y. Iolanda] (1908)
#263p Cassandra Jr. [Launch for St. Y. Cassandra] (1908)
#265p Premier (1908)
#266p Polyana (1908)
#270p Wanderer Jr. [Launch for St. Y. Wanderer] (1909)
#271p Diana (1909)
#272p [Launch for St. Y. Iolanda] (1909)
#273p [Launch for St. Y. Iolanda] (1910)
#274p Haulrey Jr. [Launch for St. S. Hatuey / Houtrey] (1910)
#275p [Launch for U.S.S. Scorpion] (1910)

Original text on model:
"[#197] Model made 1897 and changed in fall 1897 26' long frame spaces 9 3/4
[#198] 198 ditto everything
[#199] 199 28' long frame spaces 10 1/2
[#200] 200 ditto all the way
[#201] 201 ditto all the way
[#202] 202 30' long frames spaces 10 1/2
[#204] 204 ditto all the way
[#227] 227 30 YACOMA [sic, i.e. Yacona]
[#233] no number [should be 233] 28 DELEWARE
[#238] 239 [should be 238] 28 US EAGLE
[#239] dash [should be 239] 26" [should be 28] VIXEN
[#240] 240 30' by 5' "240" gasoline
[#246] 246 28' USN
[#262] 262 28' M plant [unreadable name]
[#263] 263 34' Cassandra
[#265] 34? J.B.H. Premier gasoline [i.e. #265]
[#???] ? 34 by 5 gasoline [this is apparently another reference to #265p Premier]
[#270] ? 28 WANDERER [should be 270]
[#???] ? 34' ILONDA ? [sic, i.e. Morton Plant's steamyacht IOLANDA] 1909
[#255] also 2 [unreadable] for ELECTRA [sic, i.e. #255 and #257] and 1 for ILONDA [sic, i.e. Morton Plant's steamyacht IOLANDA]
[#257]
[#272?]
[#273] 273 35' ILONDA [sic, i.e. Morton Plant's steamyacht IOLANDA]
[#274] 274 Sept. 1910 Cuban [sic, i.e. Haulrey Jr.]
[#275] 275 Oct 1910 28' USN SCORPION" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"26' steam launch of 1898 for the coast survey vessel Yankton. Others built of various sizes over the next dozen years, with scale changes, including the 30' gasoline launch 240 that is now in the Herreshoff Marine Museum's Hall of Boats." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model Comment:
"Reference to model no. 424 added by CvdL, both, because she was listed in offset booklet together with other vessels built from that model and because the index in the 2004 Guide to the Collection lists Breeze as having been built from model 424." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2008.)

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.4.030

Offset booklet contents:
#198 - #202, #233, #237 - #242, #246, #263, #266, #271 [steam & gasoline launches].

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

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 002-036 (HH.5.00036) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #242p Breeze are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 065-001 (HH.5.04597): Str. # 52 [Tiller] (1876-05-26)
  2. Dwg 070-002 (HH.5.05002): Str. No. 49 [Timberhead Cap and Chock] (1879-02-19)
  3. Dwg 010-023 (HH.5.00865): Stuffing Box for Steamer 115 (1884-07-15)
  4. Dwg 065-013 (HH.5.04609): Rudder Head & Tiller (1884-11-24)
  5. Dwg 054-028 (HH.5.03961): Elbows & Tees (1886-07-21)
  6. Dwg 046-033 (HH.5.03576): Grate Supports (1897-10-07)
  7. Dwg 053-027 (HH.5.03913): Y for Safety Valves and Whistle, 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" Whistle (1901-04-10)
  8. Dwg 097-026 (HH.5.08149): L.P. Cylinder 10" Dia. x 5 1/2" [for] 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-04-08)
  9. Dwg 097-027 (HH.5.08150): H.P. Cylinder 4 1/2" Dia. x 5 1/2" [for] 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-04-15)
  10. Dwg 097-028 (HH.5.08151): I.P. Cylinder 6 1/4" Dia. x 5 1/2" [for] 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-04-17)
  11. Dwg 097-029 (HH.5.08152): Main and Valve Connecting Rods [for] 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-04-28)
  12. Dwg 097-030 (HH.5.08153): Crossheads and Stuffing Boxes 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-04-29)
  13. Dwg 097-033 (HH.5.08156): Guide Plate for 4 1/2" x 10 1/4" x 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-04-30)
  14. Dwg 097-031 (HH.5.08154): Valve Crank Shaft 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-05-12)
  15. Dwg 097-032 (HH.5.08155): Stanchions and Top Plate for Oil Casing (1902-05-16)
  16. Dwg 097-034 (HH.5.08157): Valves and Piston Rods 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-05-23)
  17. Dwg 097-035 (HH.5.08158): Engine Bed 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-06-18)
  18. Dwg 009-049 (HH.5.00832): Coupling and Counterweight Used on # 242, 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-06-19)
  19. Dwg 097-036 (HH.5.08159): Reversing Arrangement 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-06-20)
  20. Dwg 097-037 [103-013] (HH.5.08160): Reversing Lever 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-06-23)
  21. Dwg 097-038 (HH.5.08161): Pattern List for 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-06-25)
  22. Dwg 097-039 (HH.5.08162): Pistons I.P. and L.P. for Blacksmith Only 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-07-08)
  23. Dwg 097-040 (HH.5.08163): Lagging Int. and High Pressure Cylinders 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1902-07-09)
  24. Dwg 097-041 (HH.5.08164): Crank Shaft 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1903-09-18)
  25. Dwg 024-031 (HH.5.01727): General Arrangement > High Speed Launch, 45'-6" Long (1903-12-08 ?)
  26. Dwg 011-037 (HH.5.00963): Stern Tube and Stuffing Box # 242 (1903-12-09)
  27. Dwg 058-029 (HH.5.04100): Strut for Propeller Shaft # 242 (1903-12-09)
  28. Dwg 008-034 (HH.5.00732): Propeller Shafts (1903-12-11)
  29. Dwg 025-019 (HH.5.01768): List of Frames Floors Floorbolts Deck Beams etc. (1903-12-14)
  30. Dwg 066-037 (HH.5.04710): Lever and Bracket for Engine Room Signal Gear (1903-12-14)
  31. Dwg 045-021 (HH.5.03531): Flanges and Heads for Boiler # 242 (1903-12-15)
  32. Dwg 002-036 (HH.5.00036): Construction Dwg > # 242 High Speed Launch, L.O.A. 45'-6", L.W.L. 44'-3", Beam 6'-8" (1903-12-21)
  33. Dwg 043-055 (HH.5.03405): Boiler for # 242 (1903-12-21)
  34. Dwg 048-026 (HH.5.03667): Coal Bunker Detail (45'-6" Launch) (1903-12-22)
  35. Dwg 048-027 (HH.5.03668): Fire Brick for Boiler # 242 (1903-12-23)
  36. Dwg 066-038 (HH.5.04711): Engine Room Signal Gear # 242 (1903-12-28)
  37. Dwg 022-039 (HH.5.01625): Air Pump 2 1/4" Dia x 1 7/8" Stroke for 5 1/2" Stroke Eng. Dr 97 (1903-12-31)
  38. Dwg 068-058 (HH.5.04865): Steering Gear (1903-12-31)
  39. Dwg 055-019 (HH.5.04007): Condenser and Return Bend for 2 1/4" & 1 1/2" Copper Tube (1904-01-04)
  40. Dwg 055-020 (HH.5.04008): Condenser Tee for 3 3/4" Exhaust (1904-01-04)
  41. Dwg 097-042 (HH.5.08165): Exhaust Pipe Low and Int. 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" (1904-01-04)
  42. Dwg 022-040 (HH.5.01626): Eccentric for Air Pump (1904-01-08)
  43. Dwg 022-042 (HH.5.01628): Brackets for Feed Pump for 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" for # 242 (1904-01-11 ?)
  44. Dwg 022-041 (HH.5.01627): Feed Pump 1" Dia x 2" Stroke for 5 1/2" Stroke Eng. (Dr. 97) [for 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" bore x 5 1/2" stroke engine] (1904-01-12)
  45. Dwg 022-043 (HH.5.01629): Arrangement of Feed Water Regulation on Hot Well (Air Pump Dr. 22-39) for # 242 (1904-01-12)
  46. Dwg 065-046 (HH.5.04642): Stern Shoe (1904-01-28)
  47. Dwg 006-056 (HH.5.00555): 24" Dia x 36" Mean Pitch [Propeller] (1904-02-23)
  48. Dwg 143-029 (HH.5.11894): Docking Plan # 242 L.O.A. 45'-6", Beam 6'-8" (1910-08-12)
  49. Dwg 097-043 (HH.5.08166): 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" x 5 1/2" Engine General Arrangement (ca. 1919)
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

"No. 242 ?
Use figures of #199 at scale of 13 1/2" per foot = 8 to 9.
Stern carried aft 1 frame space.
Frame spaces 16 1/2" common rule.
Timbers 1" sq[uare].
Planking 11/32 + 9/32 = 5/8".
Keel 2 1/4" breadth below rabbate 2 5/8" and across top 3 7/8".
Sheer raised 2 1/4" common rule.
Crown [of] deck 4 3/8 - 6-9-0." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Penciled note in Offset Booklet HH.4.030.] Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"For Sale. --- High-speed mahogany steam launch 45 ft. long, 7 ft. beam, triple expansion engine and water tube boiler, speed 18 miles per hour. For further particulars address Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, R. I., where launch can be seen. [Though not explicitly identified, Breeze #242p is the only high-speed steam launch whose dimensions fit the description. Breeze was owned by HMCo at that time which is confirmed by a note in a notebook titled '200Ft Submarine Destroyer' in Collection 6 of the Hart Nautical Collection, acc. no. HH.6.87, which lists #242p as being owned by 'Shop' and stored for the winter of 1908/1909 in the North Yard.]" (Source: Anon. "For Sale." New York Times, August 4, 1908, p. 12.)

Archival Documents

"N/A"

"[Item Description:] Colored ink on paper dimensioned technical drawing titled 'Air Pump 2 1/4in dia[meter] x 1 7/8in stroke for 5 1/2in stroke Eng[ine] (dr[awing] 97) for #242 [BREEZE]. Dec[ember] 31, 1903'. With note pencilled diagonally across 'New drawing made. Jan[uary] 19, 1904'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Inked Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_02060. Folder [no #]. 1903-12-31.)
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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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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #242p Breeze even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


Images

Registers

1920 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#205.38)
Name: Breeze
Port: New York, N.Y.
Official no. 216963; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 6; Tons Net 5; Reg. Length 44.6; Extr. Beam 6.9; Depth 3.5
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Note: Merchant Motor Vessel

1925 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#272.37)
Name: Breeze
Owner: William Needham (College Point, N.Y.); Port: New York, N.Y.
Official no. 216963; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 6; Tons Net 5; Reg. Length 44.6; Extr. Beam 6.9; Depth 3.5
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Horsepower: 15
Note: Service: Pas. [Passenger]; Crew: 1

1928 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#258.07)
Name: Breeze
Owner: Percy F. Remington (70 Church Street, Newport, R.I.); Port: Newport, R.I.
Official no. 216963; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 6; Tons Net 5; Reg. Length 44.6; Extr. Beam 6.9; Depth 3.5
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Horsepower: 95
Note: Service: Fsh. [Fisheries]; Crew: 5

1929 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#254)
Name: Breeze
Owner: Percy F. Remington (70 Church Street, Newport, R.I.); Port: Newport, R.I.
Official no. 216963; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 6; Tons Net 5; Reg. Length 44.6; Extr. Beam 6.9; Depth 3.5
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1903
Engine Horsepower: 95
Note: Service: Fsh. [Fisheries]; Crew: 5
Breeze was not listed in the 1930 List of Merchant vessels and her owner Percy F. Remington was listed as owning a newer boat named Lois M.

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

Year: 1903
E/P/S: P
No.: 242
Name: Breeze
OA: 45' 6"
LW: 44' 3"

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)

"Marine Engine of Inclosed Type. 4 1/2 & 6 1/4 & 10 x 5 1/2, 730[rpm], 80[hp]. [Note:] 82 [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.)

"Note, that the HMCo-made vessel index card in the Hart Nautical Collections states that Breeze was fitted with a 4 1/2in. & 7in. & 11 1/4in. x 7in. steam engine. Existing plans in the Hart Nautical Collections which reference Breeze suggest that Breeze had been fitted with a 4 1/2in & 6 1/4in. & 10in. x 5 1/2in. engine." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 14, 2015.)

"Steam engine rating 80hp 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.)

"#299p Helianthus II was fitted in June 1919 by NGH with a 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" bore x 5 1/2" stroke triple steam expansion engine that was on hand at HMCo. The only steam engine with these dimensions known to have been built by HMCo was for #242p Breeze in 1903. It is believed that it is this engine which was used for Helianthus." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 11, 2019.)

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

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