HMCo #546s Marchioness

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Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Marchioness
Type: Cutter
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1900-7-18
Launch: 1900-9-27
Construction: Wood
LOA: 65' 6" (19.96m)
LWL: 47' 6" (14.48m)
Beam: 15' 9" (4.80m)
Draft: 4' (1.22m)
Rig: Cutter
Displ.: 25.2 short tons (22.8 metric tons)
Centerboard: yes
Ballast: Lead outside
Built for: Crozer, John P.
Amount: $10,525.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: as #545 moulds
Last reported: 1935 (aged 35)

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 #232Model number: 232
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Center

Vessels from this model:
2 built, modeled by NGH
#545s Pleasure (1900)
#546s Marchioness (1900)

Original text on model:
"1900 PLEASURE #545 scale 1/2
MARCHIONESS #546 the upper wl Waterline MARCHIONESS July 1900" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model Description:
"44' lwl Pleasure, centerboard cruising sloop of 1900. Also, with increase in mold spacing, 47' lwl Marchioness, centerboard cutter of 1900." (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 076-024 (HH.5.05482) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #546s Marchioness are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 083-034 (HH.5.06390): 46' W.L. Cutter Skylights (1891-03-26)
  2. Dwg 077-059 (HH.5.05662); Metal Fittings for No. 440 (1894-02-01)
  3. Dwg 089-064 (HH.5.07087A): Skylight Lift for # 452 (1895-07-18)
  4. Dwg 114-042 (HH.5.09540): Davits and Stanchions for Yawl Petrel # 510 (1899-04-29)
  5. Dwg 084-007 (HH.5.06455): Skylights and Hatches # 529 Class (1899-11-23 ?)
  6. Dwg 111-000 (HH.5.09288): [Glass Plate for Closet] (ca. 1900)
  7. Dwg 084-009 (HH.5.06457); Booby Hatch for Steamer Florence (1900-01-22 ?)
  8. Dwg 111-043 (HH.5.09234): Folding Desk (1900-02-01)
  9. Dwg 079-050 (HH.5.05860): Mast Spreaders (1900-04-06)
  10. Dwg 079-056 (HH.5.05866): Forestay and Traveler 545 (1900-06-14)
  11. Dwg 064-045 (HH.5.04520): Pintle for Rudder Male (1900-06-17)
  12. Dwg 091-082 (HH.5.07355): Block & Metal Work List For, "Pleasure" (1900-06-17)
  13. Dwg 029-013 (HH.5.02109); General Arrangement > Proposed Cabin Plan for 45 Footer (1900-07-14)
  14. Dwg 111-035 (HH.5.09224): Bulkhead # 26 (1900-07-27)
  15. Dwg 029-014 (HH.5.02110): General Arrangement > Arrangement of Cabin # 546 - 45 W.L. (1900-08-04)
  16. Dwg 084-014 (HH.5.06462); Cabin Doors and Companionway (1900-08-06)
  17. Dwg 088-072 (HH.5.07027): Scantling and Floor Timbers For (1900-08-08)
  18. Dwg 060-051 (HH.5.04274): 45' Lwl Sloop, Centerboard and Box (1900-08-09)
  19. Dwg 127-110 (HH.5.09978): Sails > Sails for No. 546 (1900-08-20)
  20. Dwg 080-085 (HH.5.05999): Spars for # 546 (1900-08-27)
  21. Dwg 111-036 (HH.5.09225): Bulkhead 21 46' L.W.L. Sloop (1900-08-28)
  22. Dwg 111-037 (HH.5.09226): Bulkhead[s] 19-26 46' L.W.L. Sloop Portside (1900-08-28)
  23. Dwg 111-038 (HH.5.09227): Bulkhead[s] 18-26 46' L.W.L. Sloop Starboard (1900-08-28)
  24. Dwg 111-000 (HH.5.09279): Beds, Owners Rooms # 546 (1900-08-29)
  25. Dwg 111-039 (HH.5.09228): Bulkhead[s] 18 & 19 46' L.W.L. Sloop (1900-08-29)
  26. Dwg 084-015 (HH.5.06463): Skylights for 546 (1900-09 ?)
  27. Dwg 068-034 (HH.5.04838): Quadrant and Pinion Steering Gear # 546 (1900-09-05)
  28. Dwg 091-083 (HH.5.07356): Metal List for 546 (1900-09-05)
  29. Dwg 068-035 (HH.5.04839): Gear Bracket and Stuffing Box Steering Gear # 546 (1900-09-07)
  30. Dwg 068-036 (HH.5.04840): Bevel Gears 24-30 x 8 Pitch Steering Gear # 546 (1900-09-07)
  31. Dwg 068-037 (HH.5.04841); Stand for Steering Wheel and Compass # 546 (1900-09-07)
  32. Dwg 064-047 (HH.5.04522): Rudder for 546 (Plan Showing Arrangement Fo Steering Gear) (1900-09-11)
  33. Dwg 064-048 (HH.5.04523): Clamp and Pintle and Rudder Stock for Rudder (1900-09-11)
  34. Dwg 111-040 (HH.5.09229); Ice Chest & Cold Closet (1900-09-11)
  35. Dwg 111-041 (HH.5.09230): Bulkhead # 40 (1900-09-14)
  36. Dwg 111-041 (HH.5.09231): Bulkhead 37 (1900-09-14)
  37. Dwg 111-042 (HH.5.09233): Bulkhead # 15 (1900-09-14)
  38. Dwg 076-024 (HH.5.05482): Construction Dwg > 46' Cruising Sloop & Board (1900-09-19)
  39. Dwg 111-042 (HH.5.09232): Cabin Table for 46' L.W.L. Sloop (1900-09-21 ?)
  40. Dwg 096-071 (HH.5.08025): Sails > Sail Plan for "Marchioness" (1900-10-12)
  41. Dwg 142-097 (HH.5.11844): Construction Dwg > Profile and Sections of Marchioness (1926-04-02)
  42. Dwg 068-037 (HH.5.04843): Bowl for 5 1/4" Compass Steering Stand 68-37 (1928-02-24)
  43. Dwg 068-037 A (HH.5.04842): Stand for Steering Wheel and Compass (1934-03-07)
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

"[1900-09-27] Thu 27: Very fine [with] l[igh]t SSW [wind]. Launched & rigged Marchioness #546.
[1900-09-29] Sat 29: Very fine [with] l[igh]t NE [to] SE [wind]. Delivered Marchioness & [she] sailed in PM. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1900. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"The famous Seventy Foot Class of sloops came out in 1900: MINEOLA, RAINBOW, VIRGINIA, and YANKEE, the two forty-five footers SHARK and ALTAIR, [the] centerboard forty-four feet PLEASURE, [the] centerboard forty-seven feet MARCHIONESS, and about a dozen others of smaller sizes." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "Some of the Boats I Have Sailed In." Written 1934. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 68.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"... A member of the New-York Yacht Club has ordered a new sloop to be built by the Herreshoffs on the same design as H. O. Havemeyer's Pleasure [#545s]. The yacht will have a waterline length of 46 feet and an over-all length of 70 feet. The Bristol people have begun the work on the boat. ..." (Source: Anon. "The Craft And Those Who Sail Them." New York Tribune, August 5, 1900, p. A2.)

"Special to The New York Times. BRISTOL, R.I. Aug. 5 [1900]. --- ... The frames are set up for another centreboard cruiser like the Pleasure [#545s]. ..." (Source: Anon. "Yacht News of Bristol." New York Times, August 6, 1900, p. 3.)

"Marchioness, sloop yacht, of [blank].
Built at [blank] [sic, i.e. Bristol at HMCo].
31.66 gross tons, 25 net tons; 54 ft. x 15.6 ft. x 6 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, one mast, overhanging head, overhanging stern.
Surveyed and measured, Sept. 24, 1900." (Source: U.S. Customs Department, Bristol, R.I. Custom House Record Book, 1870s to 1904 (Collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum), s.v. Marchioness.)

"The sloop yacht Marchioness, built for Mr. Crosier of Philadelphia, was launched from Herreshoffs shops yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. The Marchioness is about 52 feet over all, 36 feet water line and of light draught. She has a broad beam, nearly eleven feet, and is built on the lines of Mr. Havemeyer's pleasure launch [#545s Pleasure]. As soon as she was launched her mast was stepped." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, September 28, 1900, p. 2.)

"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 575:]
Marchioness, sloop yacht, of Bristol.
Built at Bristol, 1900.
31.66 gross tons, 25 net tons; 54 ft. x 15.6 ft. x 6 ft. [Register length x breadth x depth.]
One deck, one mast, overhanging head [bow].
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed] ([as] yacht) Sept. 28, 1900. Owner: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Master: N. G. Herreshoff, Bristol.
Surrendered [license] May 3, 1901 at Tuckerton, N.J. ([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. Marchioness.)

"One of the handsomest yachts that is seen in the Delaware river is Marchioness, the property of Mr. John P. Crozier. She is a Herreshoff creation of the centerboard cutter type, and of wooden construction. The yacht was designed by N. G. Herreshoff and built at Bristol in 1900.
Marchioness' dimensions:
Length over all, 67'.
Water line, 47'.
Extreme beam, 15' 7''.
Draught, 4' 1''.
Net tonnage, 31." (Source: Anon. "Marchioness.." Sail and Sweep, February 1905, p. 88.)

"New entries keep coming in right along for the ocean race to Bermuda, and there is every prospect that this year's race will eclipse the last one in the number of starters. ... The cutter Marchioness is owned by Mr. John P. Crozer, of Tuckerton, N. J. She was designed by Captain N. G. Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Company, of Bristol, R. I., in 1900. She is 67ft over all, 47ft. on the water-line, 15ft. 7in. beam, 6ft. depth of hold and 4ft. 2in. draft." (Source: Anon. "Sailing Race to Bermuda." Forest and Stream, April 18, 1908, p. 624.)

"BRISTOL, R. I, May 23 [1908] --- The center-board knockabout Marchioness, John P. Crozier, Philadelphia, which is entered in the Bermuda race, is partly dismantled at Herreshoff's, where she was built six years ago. She is having a new mainmast and gear. With a high freeboard and able looking all round, the boat will probably make a good showing. ..." (Source: Anon. "Bristol Notes." Boston Globe, May 24, 1908, p. 48.)

"The sloop yacht Marchioness, entered in the Bermuda race from the Yachtsmen's Club of Philadelphia, is at the Herreshoff's, Bristol. R. I., to obtain her new ocean rigg. Warren Sheppard will be the navigator of the Marchioness during the race." (Source: Boston Evening Transcript, May 25, 1908, p. 14.)

"Marblehead Rock was the yachtsman's mecca on the morning of Wednesday, June 3 [1908], for on that day six yachts started on an ocean race from there to Bermuda. Unlike last year's race, where a variety of rigs were in evidence, this year all but one were schooners, Marchioness, the one exception, was a large 67ft knockabout. She and the small schooner, Edith Anna, only 54ft long, hailed from the Yachtsman's Club of Philadelphia. ... Venona led [at the start] the second division with the big knockabout Marchionejss going fast, but not pointing so high and Edith Anna far astern of al. But to Bermuda is a long pull, about 675 nautical miles. ... The handsome little white schooner yacht Venona, owned and sailed by E. G. Bliss, of the Eastern Y. C. of Marblehead, went romping past St. David's Head, at Bermuda, at 3:34 P. M., on Sunday, June 7, having made the run of 675 miles in four days three hours and thirty-two minutes. ... The Philadelphia craft Marchioness, a big knockabout, was sighted off Bermuda, but did not get in before dark. ... Venona and Marchioness, by standing way off to the eastward, were able to lay their course for Bermuda with a beam wind when the heavy southeaster hit them, while the three larger boats more to the southward had to beat up against this heavy wind. ... Elapsed time --- Venona, 99h. 32m. 15s.; Marchioness, 106h. 1m. 40s.; ... Class C --- Knockabout Marchioness, 67ft., owned by John P. Crozer, of Philadelphia, flying the flag of the Yachtsman's Club of Philadelphia. ... [The article was accompanied by a W. B. Jackson photo of the start with Marchioness sailing in the background.] (Source: Anon. "Marblehead to Bermuda." Forest and Stream, June 13, 1908, p. 942.)

Archival Documents

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"[Item Transcription:] Typewritten (carbon copy) table with penciled additions listing boats built 1899/1900 with columns labeled 'Design [in pencil]', 'Shop. No.', 'Length', 'Planking', 'Delivery', 'Owner' followed by penciled data for Boat Name and Actual Delivery Date. Relevant contents:
#546s [blank] (MARCHIONESS)." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.. (creator) and Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Table. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDW02_01290. Folder [no #]. No date (1900-02).)
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"[Item Description:] Mimeographed specifications titled 'Specifications for 45 feet water line, center-board sloop yacht, No 546 [#546s MARCHIONESS] For John P. Crozer, Beach Haven, N.J.'. With corrections and additions in red ink and on pasted-in paper." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.. (creator). Specifications. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDW02_01140. Folder [no #]. No date (1900-07 ?).)
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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 Description:] Praise for #546s MARCHIONESS in the 1908 Bermuda race, 'sorry I did not win with your boat, did the best I could'; inc. envelope from Bermuda." (Source: Sheppard, Warren. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_23250. Correspondence, Folder 68. no date (ca1908-07).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections titled '#546 MARCHIONESS. On moulds of #545 [PLEASURE]'. With note 'to[?] w.l. 48ft 10in with forward overhang 9ft 5in and aft overhang 9ft 5in as measured by E. [Edson] B. Schock for Brooklyn Y.C. July 17, 1908. Note: E.B.S. gave five[?] broad[?] wl[?] points 9ft aft of chainplates as 3ft 6in which does not tally. Drawings show 3ft 4in (about) at above w.l. Corresponding L is 48ft 11 1/2in = 48.96'. With calculations showing a total displacement as 808[cuft] = 51600lbs and 'aprox. sail by rule' of 1946[sqft] and rating = 42.2." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_01410. Folder [no #]. 1908-07-17.)
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"[Item Description:] Possible new boat for John P. Crozer, Bermuda race [Warren Sheppard was navigator on Crozer's #546s MARCHIONESS in the 1908 Bermuda race]." (Source: Sheppard, Warren. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_23230. Correspondence, Folder 68. 1909-01-18.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #546s Marchioness even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

Further Reading

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Registers

1902 Manning's American Yacht List (#1199)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: John P. Crozer; Club(s): 136 [Corinthian Phila.]; Port: Tuckerton, N. J.
Official no. 93083; Type & Rig CB Sloop
Tons Gross 31.66; Tons Net 25.18; LOA 67.0; LWL 47.0; Extr. Beam 15.9; Depth 6.0; Draught 4.1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900

1903 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1011)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: John P. Crozer; Port: Tuckerton, N. J.
Official no. 93083; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig c.b. [centerboard] Sloop
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 25; Reg. Length 54.0; LOA 67.0; LWL 47.0; Extr. Beam 15.6; Depth 6.0; Draught 4.1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900

1905 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1100)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: John P. Crozer; Port: Tuckerton, N. J.
Official no. 93083; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig c.b [centerboard] Cutter
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 25; Reg. Length 54.0; LOA 67.0; LWL 47.0; Extr. Beam 15.6; Depth 6.0; Draught 4.1
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900

1906 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1782)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: John P. Crozer; Port: Tuckerton, N. J.
Official no. 93083; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Cb [Centerboard], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 25; LOA 67-0; LWL 47-0; Extr. Beam 15-7; Depth 6-0; Draught 4-2
Builder Her. M. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900

1912 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1852)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: John P. Crozer; Port: Tuckerton, N. J.
Official no. 93083; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Cb [Centerboard], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 25; LOA 67-0; LWL 47-0; Extr. Beam 15-7; Depth 6-0; Draught 4-2
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900

1914 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1877)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: John P. Crozer; Port: Tuckerton, N. J.
Official no. 93083; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Cb [Centerboard], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 25; LOA 67-0; LWL 47-0; Extr. Beam 15-7; Depth 6-0; Draught 4-2
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900

1917 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1891)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: John P. Crozer; Port: Tuckerton, N. J.
Official no. 93083; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig Cb [Centerboard], TC [Trunk Cabin], Cut[ter]
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 25; LOA 67-0; LWL 47-0; Extr. Beam 15-6; Depth 6-0; Draught 4-2
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900

1919 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S.
Name: Marchioness
Owner: W. C. Faulds; Port: Tuckerton, N. J.
Official no. 93083; Type & Rig Slp
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 25; Reg. Length 54.0; Extr. Beam 15.6; Depth 6.0
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900
Note: [Yacht]; Masts: 1; Signal Letters: KRDV

1922 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S.
Name: Marchioness
Owner: W. C. Faulds; Port: Tuckerton, N. J.
Official no. 93083; Type & Rig Slp
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 25; Reg. Length 54.0; Extr. Beam 15.6; Depth 6.0
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900
Note: [Yacht]; Masts: 1; Signal Letters: KRDV

1925 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#118.05)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: Leonard B. Clark (Ocean City, N.J.); Port: Philadelphia, Pa.
Official no. 93083; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 25; Reg. Length 54.0; Extr. Beam 15.6; Depth 6.0
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900
Engine Horsepower: 40
Note: Crew: 3

1928 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#794.17)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: D. H. Conkling (Care Post Publ. Company, West Palm Beach, Fla.); Port: Miami, Fla.
Official no. 93083; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 27; Reg. Length 54.0; Extr. Beam 15.6; Depth 6.0
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900
Engine Horsepower: 40
Note: Crew: 3

1933 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#868.11)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: D. H. Conkling (c/o Post Publ. Company, West Palm Beach, Fla.); Port: Miami, Fla.
Official no. 93083; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 27; Reg. Length 54.0; Extr. Beam 15.6; Depth 6.0
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900
Engine Horsepower: 40
Note: Crew: 3

1935 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#900.07)
Name: Marchioness
Owner: Norman W. Marsh (400 Madison Street, Chicago, Ill.); Port: Miami, Fla.
Official no. 93083; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 31; Tons Net 27; Reg. Length 54.0; Extr. Beam 15.6; Depth 6.0
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1900
Engine Horsepower: 40
Note: Crew: 3

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: Marchioness
Type: Cutter
Length: 47'
Owner: Crozer, John P.

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: Marchioness
Type: 47' sloop
Owner: John P. Crozer
Year: 1900
Row No.: 404

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

Month: July
Day: 18
Year: 1900
E/P/S: S
No.: 0546
Name: Marchioness
LW: 47"
B: 15"9"
D: 4'
Rig: Cutter
CB: y
Ballast: Lead O.
Amount: 10,525.00
Notes Constr. Record: as 545 Moulds.
Last Name: Crozer
First Name: J. P.

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)

"Built in 71 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $148/day, 709 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 Net Register Tons (25.18) from the 1902 Manning's American Yacht List (Gross Register Tons were reported as 31.66) 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.)

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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