HMCo #273p [Launch for St. Y. Iolanda]

Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: [Launch for St. Y. Iolanda]
Type: Power Launch
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1910-6
Trial: 1910-7-31
LOA: 35' 0" (10.67m)
Beam: 6' 4" (1.93m)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Premier; 6 cyl. R.H. 4 1/2" x 5 1/4"
Propeller: 3 bl., #9806 #9906 #9905
Built for: Plant, Morton F.
Amount: $5,500.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: M. F. Plant

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.)

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 002-059 (HH.5.00061) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #273p [Launch for St. Y. Iolanda] are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 097-025 (HH.5.08148): Stuffing Box for Crank Shaft 3 1/2" & 5" & 8" x 4 1/2" (1898-10-28)
  2. Dwg 011-013 (HH.5.00938): Stern Tube for Launch (1898-11-17)
  3. Dwg 066-037 (HH.5.04710): Lever and Bracket for Engine Room Signal Gear (1903-12-14)
  4. Dwg 068-059 (HH.5.04955): Steering Gear # 243 (1904-02-18)
  5. Dwg 058-034 (HH.5.04105): Strut for Propeller Shaft, Bronze (1904-07-11)
  6. Dwg 112-069 (HH.5.09363); Mainsheet Capstan for 1 1/2" and 1 3/4" Rope Used on 30 Footers N.Y.Y. Club (1905-12-05)
  7. Dwg 006-065 (HH.5.00564): Propeller 20 1/2" Dia., 26" Pitch (1906-07-09)
  8. Dwg 134-036 (HH.5.10874): Turning over Gear for # 265 # 243 (1908-06-03)
  9. Dwg 134-037 (HH.5.10875): Bracket for Turning over Gear for Premier Motor in # 265 (1908-06-05)
  10. Dwg 134-039 (HH.5.10877): Gasoline Pump for # 256 and 266 (1908-06-17)
  11. Dwg 068-079 (HH.5.04885): Steering Quadrant # 271, 273 (1909-08-21)
  12. Dwg 062-070 (HH.5.04435): Rudder and Stock for # 271, Lower Rudder Bearing (1909-08-25)
  13. Dwg 008-048 (HH.5.00746): Propeller Shaft # 271, 278, 273, 274, 284, 285 (1909-09-23)
  14. Dwg 002-059 (HH.5.00061): General Arrangement > # 273, 35' over All x 6'-4" Beam [Launch] (1910-06-22)
  15. Dwg 134-048 (HH.5.10886): Arrangement Gasoline Pump # 273 (1910-07-15)
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

"July 31, 1910
Trial of Launch built for St[eam] Yacht Iolanda, Morton Plant. Launch is practically the same as one built last year [#272p Launch for St. Y. Iolanda] & tried Oct[ober] 5 [1909] [sic, note that this launch was 35ft LOA whereas the old one was listed in the Construction Record as 28ft LOA).
With 11 persons on board. Harbor course, l[igh]t NW wind, boat [blank].
[Followed by tabulated trial run data with mean speed being 16.7mph = 14.5kn with 3 persons on board, boat stripped]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Trials Booklet '1898 - 1909' under date of July 31, 1910. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"... No. 273 [#273p] - 1910. 30ft Motor Launch for M.F. Plant (Premier). 2576.78 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 60% [Profit Margin] = [$]5497.14. [Time & Mat.:] 2576.78. [Contract Price:] 5500.00 ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Penciled untitled calculations, apparently made to determine appropriate profit margins for future cost estimates, after the death of his brother J.B. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. Undated, between 1915 (when #313p, the latest boat on this list, was built) and 1919 (when #367p CORSAIR, the first launch not on this list, was built and a price for her had to be determined).)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"... Ex-Commodore Morton F. Plant, of the New York Yacht Club, was at Bristol about two weeks ago, and although ostensibly his visit was to look over the new speed launch [#273p Launch for St. Y. Iolanda] building for him, a rumor started, from what was reported from Bristol as a 'trustworthy source,' that he discussed with Herreshoff plans for a new racing schooner [#706s Elena] next year. ..." (Source: Anon. "The Month in Yachting." Yachting, September 1910, p. 199.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (mostly in pencil but also in ink) trials booklet titled '1898 - 1909'. Relevant contents:
§57: #273p [LAUNCH FOR ST. Y. IOLANDA] Trial Run mean speed 16.7mph = 14.5kn (1910-07-31)." (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.)



"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled calculations, apparently made by NGH to determine appropriate profit margins for future cost estimates, after the death of JBH:]
No. 313 [#313p] - 1915. 26ft Steam Lauch for CAROLA. 2255.93 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 50% [Profit Margin] = [$]4511.86. [Time & Mat.:] 2255.93. [Contract Price:] 4500.00
No. 294 [#294p] - 1914. 30ft Steam Lauch, Oil burning for V. Astor. 2423.49 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 50% [Profit Margin] = [$]4845.48. [Time & Mat.:] 2423.49. [Contract Price:] 4875.00
No. 274 [#274p] - 1910. 27ft Steam Lauch for Bath Iron Works. 2485.64 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 30% [Profit Margin] = [$]4308.45. [Time & Mat.:] 2485.64. [Contract Price:] 4300.00
No. 270 [#270p] - 1909. 27 1/2ft Steam Lauch for H.A.C. Taylor. 2293.59 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 40% [Profit Margin] = [$]4271.37. [Time & Mat.:] 2293.59. [Contract Price:] 4250.00
No. 298 [#298p] - 1914. 32ft Motor Launch for WAYFARER. Premier Motor. 3045.99 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 30% [Profit Margin] = [$]5257.72. [Time & Mat.:] 3045.99. [Contract Price:] 5250.00
No. 297 [#297p] - 1914. 30ft Motor Launch for WAYFARER. Stirling Motor. 2327.49 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 37% [Profit Margin] = [$]4251.54. [Time & Mat.:] 2327.49. [Contract Price:] 4250.00
No. 282 [#282p] - 1911. 35ft Motor Launch. 45/65 Sterling. CORSAIR. 3514.72 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 44% [Profit Margin] = [$]6748.26. [Time & Mat.:] 3514.72. [Contract Price:] 6750.00
No. 277 [#277p] - 1911. 30ft Motor Launch ISABEL (for LCL [L.C. Ledyard] by J.B. Webb). 2573.00 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 75% [Profit Margin] = [$]5903.67. [Time & Mat.:] 2573.00. [Contract Price:] 6000.00
No. 273 [#273p] - 1910. 30ft Motor Launch for M.F. Plant (Premier). 2576.78 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 60% [Profit Margin] = [$]5497.14. [Time & Mat.:] 2576.78. [Contract Price:] 5500.00
No. 278 [#278p] - 1910. 35ft Motor (Ideal) stock boat sold to WESTWARD. 2114.46 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 40% [Profit Margin] = [$]3947.00. [Time & Mat.:] 2114.46. [Contract Price:] 4000.00
No. 265 [#265p] - 1908. 34ft Motor (Premier) [for] NORTH STAR. 2259.20 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 18% [sic, i.e. 6% Profit Margin] = [$]3199.04. [Time & Mat.:] 2259.20. [Contract Price:] 3200.00
No. 283 [#283p] - 1911. 30ft Motor (Premier) [for] ALOHA A.C. James. 2974.84 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 45% [Profit Margin] = [$]5751.35. [Time & Mat.:] 2974.84. [Contract Price:] 5750.00
No. 292 [#292p] - 1912. 40ft Motor (8 cyl Sterling) [for] F.L. Dunne. 4630.47 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 55% [sic, i.e. 30% Profit Margin] = [$]8019.64. [Time & Mat.:] 4630.47. [Contract Price:] 8000.00
No. 296 [#296p] - 1914. 30ft Motor Launch (Stillson) Stock HMCo inventoried at 3,500. 2185.60 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 20% [Profit Margin] = [$]3496.95. [Time & Mat.:] 2185.60
No. 291 [#291p] - 1912. 50ft Motor Launch (2 Sterlings) Admirals Barge USN. 8141.40 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 18% [Profit Margin] = [$]12[8]08.57. [Time & Mat.:] 8141.40. [Contract Price:] 12000.00
No. 295 [#295p] - 1914. 19 1/2ft Motor Launch (Model E Sterling) W.K. Vanderbilt. 1240.68 [Time & Materials] + 33 1/3 [% Shop Overhead] x 22% [Profit Margin] = [$]2018.17. [Time & Mat.:] 1240.68. [Contract Price:] 2000.00
[Time & Materials:] 44757.68 [sic, i.e. 44857.68]. [Contract Price:] 80625.00
[p. 2]
[Unreadable]
Time & Material for 15 boats cost 44,757.68
adding 33 1/3% average for shop 14,919.23
makes shop cost 59,676.91
To equal contract price have to add about 35% = 20886.91733
Total 80,563.82. [Undated, between 1915 (when #313p, the latest boat on this list, was built) and 1919 (when #367p CORSAIR, the first launch not on this list, was built and a price for her had to be determined).]" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (?) (creator). Cost Estimate. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDED1_00160. Folder [no #]. No date (between 1915 and 1919 ?).)


Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #273p [Launch for St. Y. Iolanda] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


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: 1910
E/P/S: P
No.: 273
OA: 35' 0"

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)

"Launch for Morton Plant's steam yacht Iolanda, as per a note on the back of model 424. Iolanda was 318ft LOA, designed by Cox & King, and built in 1908 by Ramage & Ferguson in Leith, Scotland. Plant owned Iolanda until 1911." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. July 13, 2010.)

"Replacement for #272p Launch for St. Y. Iolanda which had been destroyed on March 28, 1910 in Palermo, Italy after a collision with a pinnace of the Italian battleship Ferrucio." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 8, 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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