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| 7241 | "Allen Green" and cutter "Androscoggin" - Schooners |
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| 12016 | Schooner Victory Chimes ex Edwin and Maud |
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| Vessel Name – "Victory Chimes" - Built as "Edna and Maud "Class – Ram Schooner Masts - 3 Rig – gaff rigged Designed by – J.M.C. Moore Built by – D.E. Phillips & Co. Build date - 1900 Gross tons - 208 LOA – 140’ Length to bowsprit – 132’ Sparred length – 170’ Beam – 25’ Draught – 7’6” – 18’ centerboard down Sail area – 7,100 sq. feet Chesapeake Ram Schooner “Victory Chimes” was built as the “Edwin and Maud” designed by J.M.C. Moore (John Middleton Clayton Moore) in 1900 and built at the Bethel Marine Railway, formerly known as the Lewisville Marine Railway, the Delaware yard of the George K. Phillips Company. | 
Description: Vessel Name – "Victory Chimes" - Built as "Edna and Maud "Class – Ram Schooner Masts - 3 Rig – gaff rigged Designed by – J.M.C. Moore Built by – D.E. Phillips & Co. Build date - 1900 Gross tons - 208 LOA – 140’ Length to bowsprit – 132’ Sparred length – 170’ Beam – 25’ Draught – 7’6” – 18’ centerboard down Sail area – 7,100 sq. feet Chesapeake Ram Schooner “Victory Chimes” was built as the “Edwin and Maud” designed by J.M.C. Moore (John Middleton Clayton Moore) in 1900 and built at the Bethel Marine Railway, formerly known as the Lewisville Marine Railway, the Delaware yard of the George K. Phillips Company. [show more] | ||||
| 11685 | Schooner Robert A. Snyder |
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| The "Robert A. Snyder" was built for and owned by Capt. Eugene Tinker of Deer Island, Maine – later captain of the "Lois M. Candage," out of Camden running as an excursion boat. | 
Description: The "Robert A. Snyder" was built for and owned by Capt. Eugene Tinker of Deer Island, Maine – later captain of the "Lois M. Candage," out of Camden running as an excursion boat. | ||||
| 11724 | Schooner J.J. Little, Wilder Blanchard Robbins, Master |
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| 11722 | Schooner Chromo Loading Pipe - Herbert Eugene Tinker, Master |
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| 3045 | El Placita - Schooner Steam Yacht |
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| El Placita was built for Abbott - John William Abbott (1834-1897) El Placita was owned at various times by: Abbott - John William Abbott (1834-1897) McCormick - Robert Hall McCormick Jr. (1878-1963) Jesup - Morris Ketchum Jesup (1830-1908) | 
Description: El Placita was built for Abbott - John William Abbott (1834-1897) El Placita was owned at various times by: Abbott - John William Abbott (1834-1897) McCormick - Robert Hall McCormick Jr. (1878-1963) Jesup - Morris Ketchum Jesup (1830-1908) | |||||
| 6142 | Schooner Abraham Richardson at Home in Jamaica |
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| "Vessel Name – Abraham Richardson Class - Schooner Masts - 2 Rig - Build date - 1869 Built by - William Spurling Newman Built at Bass Harbor, Maine Gross tons - 154.38 tons Length - 99’ Beam – 37’ Draught – 9’ Thirty-two people owned shares with the largest number of shares (4) owned by Abraham Richardson of Tremont in 1880. Her master, in 1880, was Nathan A. Reed when she hailed from Boston, Massachusetts. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 76 - 2003 The schooner’s builder, William Spurling Newman, was born to Jonathan and Sarah Spurling Newman on May 10, 1825. He married Lydia Jordan Stanley who was born to Sans (Jr.) and Fanny Guptill Spurling Stanley on February 2, 1828 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Lydia died on April 19, 1867 in Southwest Harbor. William Spurling Newman died on October 16, 1901. The “Abraham Richardson” was named for her largest shareholder, Abraham Richardson, born to Abraham and Mercy Wormell Richardson on February 3, 1809. Abraham first married Deborah N. Burnam who was born about 1809, on December 21, 1830. Deborah N. Burnam Richardson died on March 31, 1859. Abraham then married Amanda Robinson, daughter of Levi and Lavinia Savage Robinson on September 27, 1862. Amanda was born on February 21, 1836. Abraham Richardson died on August 31, 1878 in Tremont, Maine. Amanda (Robinson) Richardson died on April 14, 1914. Abraham Richardson was, among other things, an Insurance Agent in Bass Harbor in 1871. - Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles, by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 50 - 1871 - Found online using Google Book Search. The schooner’s master in 1880 was Nathan Adam Reed, born to William (II) and Sarah B. Appleton Reed. Nathan married Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Robert and Judith Staples Mitchell. Sarah was born in 1826 on Swan’s Island, Maine. Nathan Adam Reed died in Jacksonville, Florida. ""Abraham Richardson"" was chartered by a show troupe in the Caribbean for two years."" She lost her rudder off Cape Hatteras and had to steer by hawser. She was eventually lost [wrecked] off Nantucket while loaded with coal. Then she was sold in Belfast. They had to replank her because she was worm eaten. - Ralph Stanley - 09/26/07 ""In the hopes that it will be of use to someone, here is a snippet I found today in a book on 'Sailors' Valentines'. One of the examples pictured is a double valentine and the cover is inscribed ""Presented to Mrs. A. Richardson by Captn. E. H. Pray, Schr Abraham Richardson from Barbadoes W. I. 1875"". Sorry - it isn't much. There is no indication of nationality or port of registry but after a quick skim with Google, I rather think State of Maine, USA., Regards, Jay Thompson. Canada"" - Online posting at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/Mariners/2002-01/1011918190 Deaths - ""In Tremont, March 31 ult., Mrs. Debra N. RICHARDSON, wife of Capt. Abraham Richardson, age 50 years. Mrs. Richardson was universally beloved for her uniform kindness and benevolence, her Christian graces and amiable disposition. The community has sustained in her death the loss of a valuable member, one that was always ready and willing by word and deed to forward every praiseworthy object. The family of which she was an ornament and a model of patience, love and tender sympathy, has sustained irreparable loss. May be that Who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb sustain the afflicted ones of this family."" - The Ellsworth Herald, April 29, 1859 ""1887, July 27 - The schooner Abraham Richardson, Captain George Pattershall, with paving stones from Citypoint, went ashore opposite the Robbins Settlement, and was seriously injured."" - History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine by Joseph Williamson, 1913, Chapter, ""Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea,"" p. 311 ""Seven actions on policies of marine insurance for injuries claimed to have been suffered by the plaintiff's vessel coming in collision with the schooner ""Abraham Richardson."" This schooner, shortly before 9 o'clock of April 1, 1900, sank from coming into collision with a barge. After sinking to a depth of about fifty-four feet at low water, the masts of the schooner projected some fifteen feet above the water, but none of her sails remained visible. About twelve hours after such sinking, the plaintiff's vessel, striking some part of the masts, spars, sails, or rigging of the submerged schooner, sustained damage thereby, to recover for which the actions were commenced. No attempt was ever made to raise the sunken schooner. She could have been raised and repaired, but the cost would have exceeded her value. The trial court ordered judgement for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed."" The American State Reports: Containing Cases of General Value and Authority by Abraham Clark Freeman, Vol. 109, p. 627-8 - 1906 - Accessed online at Google Book Search 10/05/07" | 
Description: "Vessel Name – Abraham Richardson Class - Schooner Masts - 2 Rig - Build date - 1869 Built by - William Spurling Newman Built at Bass Harbor, Maine Gross tons - 154.38 tons Length - 99’ Beam – 37’ Draught – 9’ Thirty-two people owned shares with the largest number of shares (4) owned by Abraham Richardson of Tremont in 1880. Her master, in 1880, was Nathan A. Reed when she hailed from Boston, Massachusetts. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 76 - 2003 The schooner’s builder, William Spurling Newman, was born to Jonathan and Sarah Spurling Newman on May 10, 1825. He married Lydia Jordan Stanley who was born to Sans (Jr.) and Fanny Guptill Spurling Stanley on February 2, 1828 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Lydia died on April 19, 1867 in Southwest Harbor. William Spurling Newman died on October 16, 1901. The “Abraham Richardson” was named for her largest shareholder, Abraham Richardson, born to Abraham and Mercy Wormell Richardson on February 3, 1809. Abraham first married Deborah N. Burnam who was born about 1809, on December 21, 1830. Deborah N. Burnam Richardson died on March 31, 1859. Abraham then married Amanda Robinson, daughter of Levi and Lavinia Savage Robinson on September 27, 1862. Amanda was born on February 21, 1836. Abraham Richardson died on August 31, 1878 in Tremont, Maine. Amanda (Robinson) Richardson died on April 14, 1914. Abraham Richardson was, among other things, an Insurance Agent in Bass Harbor in 1871. - Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles, by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 50 - 1871 - Found online using Google Book Search. The schooner’s master in 1880 was Nathan Adam Reed, born to William (II) and Sarah B. Appleton Reed. Nathan married Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Robert and Judith Staples Mitchell. Sarah was born in 1826 on Swan’s Island, Maine. Nathan Adam Reed died in Jacksonville, Florida. ""Abraham Richardson"" was chartered by a show troupe in the Caribbean for two years."" She lost her rudder off Cape Hatteras and had to steer by hawser. She was eventually lost [wrecked] off Nantucket while loaded with coal. Then she was sold in Belfast. They had to replank her because she was worm eaten. - Ralph Stanley - 09/26/07 ""In the hopes that it will be of use to someone, here is a snippet I found today in a book on 'Sailors' Valentines'. One of the examples pictured is a double valentine and the cover is inscribed ""Presented to Mrs. A. Richardson by Captn. E. H. Pray, Schr Abraham Richardson from Barbadoes W. I. 1875"". Sorry - it isn't much. There is no indication of nationality or port of registry but after a quick skim with Google, I rather think State of Maine, USA., Regards, Jay Thompson. Canada"" - Online posting at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/Mariners/2002-01/1011918190 Deaths - ""In Tremont, March 31 ult., Mrs. Debra N. RICHARDSON, wife of Capt. Abraham Richardson, age 50 years. Mrs. Richardson was universally beloved for her uniform kindness and benevolence, her Christian graces and amiable disposition. The community has sustained in her death the loss of a valuable member, one that was always ready and willing by word and deed to forward every praiseworthy object. The family of which she was an ornament and a model of patience, love and tender sympathy, has sustained irreparable loss. May be that Who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb sustain the afflicted ones of this family."" - The Ellsworth Herald, April 29, 1859 ""1887, July 27 - The schooner Abraham Richardson, Captain George Pattershall, with paving stones from Citypoint, went ashore opposite the Robbins Settlement, and was seriously injured."" - History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine by Joseph Williamson, 1913, Chapter, ""Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea,"" p. 311 ""Seven actions on policies of marine insurance for injuries claimed to have been suffered by the plaintiff's vessel coming in collision with the schooner ""Abraham Richardson."" This schooner, shortly before 9 o'clock of April 1, 1900, sank from coming into collision with a barge. After sinking to a depth of about fifty-four feet at low water, the masts of the schooner projected some fifteen feet above the water, but none of her sails remained visible. About twelve hours after such sinking, the plaintiff's vessel, striking some part of the masts, spars, sails, or rigging of the submerged schooner, sustained damage thereby, to recover for which the actions were commenced. No attempt was ever made to raise the sunken schooner. She could have been raised and repaired, but the cost would have exceeded her value. The trial court ordered judgement for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed."" The American State Reports: Containing Cases of General Value and Authority by Abraham Clark Freeman, Vol. 109, p. 627-8 - 1906 - Accessed online at Google Book Search 10/05/07" [show more] | |||||
| 15214 | Adelia - Schooner |
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| 15215 | Hattie J. Allen - Schooner |
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| 15217 | Clytie - Schooner Yacht |
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| 15174 | John Somes - Coasting Schooner |
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| 15175 | Fred C. Holden - Schooner |
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| The schooner "Fred C. Holden" was built at Tremont in 1872 by William S. Newman. She was 137.61 tons - 96.8 - 27.2 - 7.9. She had many owners and masters before she foundered at Damariscota Island on May 30, 1913. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 74 - 2003 The ship contractor for the "Fred C. Holden" is not listed in the above citation, but S.A. Holden & Co. and C.M. Holden & Co. (Simeon Amasa Holden and Cummings Milliken Holden) are both listed as Ship Contractors in 1871 in Tremont. Wm. S. Newman is listed as a Ship Carpenter. - Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles, by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 55 - 1871 - Found online using Google Book Search. | 
Description: The schooner "Fred C. Holden" was built at Tremont in 1872 by William S. Newman. She was 137.61 tons - 96.8 - 27.2 - 7.9. She had many owners and masters before she foundered at Damariscota Island on May 30, 1913. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 74 - 2003 The ship contractor for the "Fred C. Holden" is not listed in the above citation, but S.A. Holden & Co. and C.M. Holden & Co. (Simeon Amasa Holden and Cummings Milliken Holden) are both listed as Ship Contractors in 1871 in Tremont. Wm. S. Newman is listed as a Ship Carpenter. - Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles, by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 55 - 1871 - Found online using Google Book Search. [show more] | |||||
| 15121 | Lillian - Schooner |
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| 15057 | Gamecock - Coasting Schooner |
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| Two-masted coasting schooner "Gamecock" was built at Eden, Maine in 1858. She was 97 8/95 tons - 68.8 - 23.0 - 6.8. Her first owners were the Langley family from Ellsworth and Trenton, Maine. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 62-3 - 2003. John Langley Jr. (1809-1886) - Tremont Catherine E. Dow Langley, Mrs. John Langley Jr. (1817-1880) – Tremont Jonathan P. Langley (1843-?) – son of John Langley Jr. and Catherine "I've also found records from the 1870s showing that my great-grandfather was master of the two-masted schooner "Gamecock." She was built over in Bar Harbor, and he may have owned shares in her, too. There are old newspaper accounts saying the Gamecock was going back and forth between Calais, in Maine, and Boston, Danvers, and Lynn, in Massachusetts, quite regularly. Sometimes she even went to New York. In 1882, the "Gamecock" was sold to Nova Scotia parties, and A. J. Robinson became master of a three-masted schooner named the "Andrew Nebinger" that was even bigger." - - “Ralph Stanley : Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder” by Craig S. Milner and Ralph W. Stanley, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine 2004, p. 25-28. | 
Description: Two-masted coasting schooner "Gamecock" was built at Eden, Maine in 1858. She was 97 8/95 tons - 68.8 - 23.0 - 6.8. Her first owners were the Langley family from Ellsworth and Trenton, Maine. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 62-3 - 2003. John Langley Jr. (1809-1886) - Tremont Catherine E. Dow Langley, Mrs. John Langley Jr. (1817-1880) – Tremont Jonathan P. Langley (1843-?) – son of John Langley Jr. and Catherine "I've also found records from the 1870s showing that my great-grandfather was master of the two-masted schooner "Gamecock." She was built over in Bar Harbor, and he may have owned shares in her, too. There are old newspaper accounts saying the Gamecock was going back and forth between Calais, in Maine, and Boston, Danvers, and Lynn, in Massachusetts, quite regularly. Sometimes she even went to New York. In 1882, the "Gamecock" was sold to Nova Scotia parties, and A. J. Robinson became master of a three-masted schooner named the "Andrew Nebinger" that was even bigger." - - “Ralph Stanley : Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder” by Craig S. Milner and Ralph W. Stanley, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine 2004, p. 25-28. [show more] | |||||
| 14943 | Vanguard - Schooner |
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| The schooner "Vanguard" was built at Bristol, Maine in 1867. "The fishing schooner Vanguard (of Orland), Capt. Lawrence went ashore at this place Tuesday at high water. She lost both anchors and rudder, broke her boom and wheel. Capt. Lawrence has notified the insurance company as there is $1200 risk on her." Tremont, January 8, 1896 - The Bar Harbor Record. The schooner "Vanguard" was sold by Capt. Warren A. Spurling of Cranberry Island to Capt. Merrill King of Manset in the fall of 1903. - Ralph W. Stanley. | 
Description: The schooner "Vanguard" was built at Bristol, Maine in 1867. "The fishing schooner Vanguard (of Orland), Capt. Lawrence went ashore at this place Tuesday at high water. She lost both anchors and rudder, broke her boom and wheel. Capt. Lawrence has notified the insurance company as there is $1200 risk on her." Tremont, January 8, 1896 - The Bar Harbor Record. The schooner "Vanguard" was sold by Capt. Warren A. Spurling of Cranberry Island to Capt. Merrill King of Manset in the fall of 1903. - Ralph W. Stanley. [show more] | |||||
| 14899 | Amberjack II - Schooner |
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| President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made a trip to Campobello Island in June 1933 on Schooner Amberjack II (45’) chartered by his son, James, for the trip. Eleanor Roosevelt traveled by car with her friends, Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman, to open up the cottage at Campobello and prepare for Franklin’s arrival. "When [Eleanor, Nancy and Marion] arrived at Mary Dreier’s home on Mount Desert Island in Maine, ER discovered that a large party was planned for the next afternoon, and she wrote in dismay: ‘I don’t dare tell Nan, but this is not my idea of a holiday!’ The next morning ER awoke to discover that ‘FDR and the whole fleet’ had anchored outside Mary Dreier’s home in Southwest Harbor. ER worried that it was ‘rather overpowering for Mary Dreier, but she seemed pleased.’ ER’s three sons went ashore for breakfast, and FDR invited ER and her party aboard the Amberjack II for lunch. By all accounts it was a ’joyous reunion,’ and nobody discussed the London Economic Conference. After FDR’s detour to Mary Dreier, he continued his cruise while ER headed directly for Campobello to make beds and prepare the great welcoming picnic to celebrate FDR’s first visit in twelve years…" - "Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume II, The Defining Years," 1933-1938 by Blanche Wiesen Cook, Viking, 1999, Unpaged – Chapter 6, “Family Discord and the London Economic Conference.” "Miss Nancy Cook of New York City is at the Old Fernald homestead at Fernald Point for the season. Miss Cook is associated with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a furniture manufacturing business in that city." - The Bar Harbor Times, July 19, 1933 Cook - Nancy Cook (1884-1962) | 
Description: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made a trip to Campobello Island in June 1933 on Schooner Amberjack II (45’) chartered by his son, James, for the trip. Eleanor Roosevelt traveled by car with her friends, Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman, to open up the cottage at Campobello and prepare for Franklin’s arrival. "When [Eleanor, Nancy and Marion] arrived at Mary Dreier’s home on Mount Desert Island in Maine, ER discovered that a large party was planned for the next afternoon, and she wrote in dismay: ‘I don’t dare tell Nan, but this is not my idea of a holiday!’ The next morning ER awoke to discover that ‘FDR and the whole fleet’ had anchored outside Mary Dreier’s home in Southwest Harbor. ER worried that it was ‘rather overpowering for Mary Dreier, but she seemed pleased.’ ER’s three sons went ashore for breakfast, and FDR invited ER and her party aboard the Amberjack II for lunch. By all accounts it was a ’joyous reunion,’ and nobody discussed the London Economic Conference. After FDR’s detour to Mary Dreier, he continued his cruise while ER headed directly for Campobello to make beds and prepare the great welcoming picnic to celebrate FDR’s first visit in twelve years…" - "Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume II, The Defining Years," 1933-1938 by Blanche Wiesen Cook, Viking, 1999, Unpaged – Chapter 6, “Family Discord and the London Economic Conference.” "Miss Nancy Cook of New York City is at the Old Fernald homestead at Fernald Point for the season. Miss Cook is associated with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a furniture manufacturing business in that city." - The Bar Harbor Times, July 19, 1933 Cook - Nancy Cook (1884-1962) [show more] | |||||
| 14551 | Coasting Schooner Model Made by Roger Clifton Rich |
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| 14441 | Wm. Stevens - Schooner |
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| 14223 | Northern Light - Schooner |
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| "Northern Light" was built in 1865 in Tremont. She was 139.41 tons - 90.0 - 26.6 - 9.0. Her official number was 18136. In 1870 she had ten owners who owned 1/8, 1/16 or 1/32 shares. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 66 - 2003 "Northern Light" was wrecked on the Rockland Breakwater in 1926. | 
Description: "Northern Light" was built in 1865 in Tremont. She was 139.41 tons - 90.0 - 26.6 - 9.0. Her official number was 18136. In 1870 she had ten owners who owned 1/8, 1/16 or 1/32 shares. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 66 - 2003 "Northern Light" was wrecked on the Rockland Breakwater in 1926. | |||||
| 14170 | Theoline - Schooner |
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| Vessel Name - Theoline Class – schooner Hull - wood Masts - 4 Build date - 1917 Built by – Francis Cobb Shipbuilding Company Built at – Rockland, Maine Built for – Crowell and Thurlow Home Port 1943 - New York, N. Y. Owner 1943 - Intercontinental S. S. Lines (N. Y.) Gross tons - 594 Net tons – 509 Length – 172’ Beam – 34.8’ Depth of hold – 13’ Crew - 7 She was a much-photographed vessel. In 1936, when Berenice Abbott photographed the Theoline, she was the last cargo schooner to unload at the South Street Seaport in New York. ”It has been said that when Capt. John Latty brought coal to the Underwood factory at Bass Harbor in the four mast schooner Theoline, that while approaching the harbor with a Southwest wind, he would reduce sail, and while still making headway drop his anchor. When the anchor fetched up he would pay out chain and as the vessel swung around she would lay right abreast the head of the dock. Capt. Latty also brought cans to the factory from Lubec, where the cans were manufactured. Capt. Latty kept the Theoline anchored with two anchors at Norwood's Cove when he would lay her up for the winter. During the winter with the tide and wind, the vessel would swing around and twist up the anchor chains. On getting her ready in the spring he would hire Cliff Robbins with his lobster boat to tow the vessel around to clear the twists. One year she had twenty-seven turns. It took all day to clear the chains. When I was a small boy I would get some one to walk up the road with me to where I could look out across the cove and see the schooner anchored there. At that time there was still a wooden sidewalk on the right hand side of the road out of town at Norwood's Cove. Capt. Latty started out as cabin boy on my great grandfather, Capt. A. J. Robinson's three mast schooner, the Andrew Nebinger. In 1918 Capt. Latty was Master of the Andrew Nebinger for a short time. Stories and information from Ralph W. Stanley - 2007 “Probably the last active four-mast schooner to carry ‘Boston’ on her stern was the fine “Theoline,” a vessel of 594 gross tons and 172 feet long. Built in 1917 by F. Cobb at Rockland, Maine, for Crowell and Thurlow, she should not be confused with two earlier vessels of the same name. The first was launched in 1900 in Belfast, and was 587 tons; the second took to the water in 1905, also at Belfast, and was the largest of the three, being 981 tons. The first two did not remain long in the registry. The maiden voyage of the third “Theoline” took her from Rockland to New York where she loaded coal for Calais, Maine. She then crossed the Atlantic to England with a lumber cargo. At the end of the first World War, the “Theoline” carried on in the coastal trade, from Florida and Georgia to Boston at first, and later to New England ports from the British provinces. In 1928 she was sold to F.B. McQueston who had also owned the first “Theoline.” However, he did not keep her long for less than a year later she was taken over by C.A.&B.F Small of Machias: they operated her for eleven years. With Captain Latty in command, she ran around from St. John to Halifax where she took on laths for Philadelphia. From there she proceeded to Norfolk, loading coal for Jonesport. Next she entered the Bay of Fundy to pick up pile wood at Apple River, taking it to New York City. Thus she tramped up and down the coast, loading when and where she could find cargoes. When she ad the right wind, she showed that she had a good turn of speed, but more times than not, she fought head winds or calms, adding days to her passages… …In 1940 Captain Edward Long took over the “Theoline.” By now she was badly run-down; there had been no money for repairs. Steamers had taken over most of her trades, and she had been lucky to get an occasional coal charter, remaining at anchor at Jonesport the rest of the time. Captain Long did what he could for the ship. Not only did he work on her hull, but when he noticed a rotten mainmast, he dug it out, put in new wood, and bound the patch with a steel sleeve. He de-loused the ship so she was perfectly clean; that, in itself was a big undertaking.” “Captain Edward Long was active up to the end of sail in New England waters. He took the “Theoline” into Quincy in 1941. the last of her type to visit that old port. One winter when the “Theoline” was laid up in Jonesport, Captain Long and his wife together overhauled the four-master’ stern which had taken a decided sag. Putting in two huge turnbuckles, they were able to pull her back into position, correcting the weakening timbers.” - “The Last Sail Downeast” by Giles M.S. Tod, published by Barre Publishers, Barre, Massachusetts, 1965, p. 7 The schooner was sent south to work, but ran into problem after problem, ending up at New Brunswick. “When finally loaded with 592,000 square feet of wood, the “Theoline” departed for Boston on July 26th. A fresh, fair breeze took her rapidly down the Bay of Fundy, passing Petit Manan 24 hours out. From then on the winds were light. The third and fourth day were spent off Portland. On the fifth day Cape Ann was sighted before the fog closed in. On August 1st the four-master came to Boston, two tugs towing her up the river to Quincy where she was to discharge. She had been six days, five hours and forty-five minutes from Alma. This was to be the last time the “Theoline” came to her home port…” Some time in 1942 or later, “deeply loaded, she set out on the long voyage [to Africa.] It was reported that she bumped bottom near Cape Hatteras, but she got off undamaged. However, some weeks later word came from the West Indies that the fine schooner had struck a reef; it was the end of the “Theoline” as she smashed up before aid could come to her.” - “The Last Sail Downeast” by Giles M.S. Tod, published by Barre Publishers, Barre, Massachusetts, 1965, p. 53, 54, 55, 56. The complete story of “Theoline” can be found on these pages – far more than the parts quoted here. | 
Description: Vessel Name - Theoline Class – schooner Hull - wood Masts - 4 Build date - 1917 Built by – Francis Cobb Shipbuilding Company Built at – Rockland, Maine Built for – Crowell and Thurlow Home Port 1943 - New York, N. Y. Owner 1943 - Intercontinental S. S. Lines (N. Y.) Gross tons - 594 Net tons – 509 Length – 172’ Beam – 34.8’ Depth of hold – 13’ Crew - 7 She was a much-photographed vessel. In 1936, when Berenice Abbott photographed the Theoline, she was the last cargo schooner to unload at the South Street Seaport in New York. ”It has been said that when Capt. John Latty brought coal to the Underwood factory at Bass Harbor in the four mast schooner Theoline, that while approaching the harbor with a Southwest wind, he would reduce sail, and while still making headway drop his anchor. When the anchor fetched up he would pay out chain and as the vessel swung around she would lay right abreast the head of the dock. Capt. Latty also brought cans to the factory from Lubec, where the cans were manufactured. Capt. Latty kept the Theoline anchored with two anchors at Norwood's Cove when he would lay her up for the winter. During the winter with the tide and wind, the vessel would swing around and twist up the anchor chains. On getting her ready in the spring he would hire Cliff Robbins with his lobster boat to tow the vessel around to clear the twists. One year she had twenty-seven turns. It took all day to clear the chains. When I was a small boy I would get some one to walk up the road with me to where I could look out across the cove and see the schooner anchored there. At that time there was still a wooden sidewalk on the right hand side of the road out of town at Norwood's Cove. Capt. Latty started out as cabin boy on my great grandfather, Capt. A. J. Robinson's three mast schooner, the Andrew Nebinger. In 1918 Capt. Latty was Master of the Andrew Nebinger for a short time. Stories and information from Ralph W. Stanley - 2007 “Probably the last active four-mast schooner to carry ‘Boston’ on her stern was the fine “Theoline,” a vessel of 594 gross tons and 172 feet long. Built in 1917 by F. Cobb at Rockland, Maine, for Crowell and Thurlow, she should not be confused with two earlier vessels of the same name. The first was launched in 1900 in Belfast, and was 587 tons; the second took to the water in 1905, also at Belfast, and was the largest of the three, being 981 tons. The first two did not remain long in the registry. The maiden voyage of the third “Theoline” took her from Rockland to New York where she loaded coal for Calais, Maine. She then crossed the Atlantic to England with a lumber cargo. At the end of the first World War, the “Theoline” carried on in the coastal trade, from Florida and Georgia to Boston at first, and later to New England ports from the British provinces. In 1928 she was sold to F.B. McQueston who had also owned the first “Theoline.” However, he did not keep her long for less than a year later she was taken over by C.A.&B.F Small of Machias: they operated her for eleven years. With Captain Latty in command, she ran around from St. John to Halifax where she took on laths for Philadelphia. From there she proceeded to Norfolk, loading coal for Jonesport. Next she entered the Bay of Fundy to pick up pile wood at Apple River, taking it to New York City. Thus she tramped up and down the coast, loading when and where she could find cargoes. When she ad the right wind, she showed that she had a good turn of speed, but more times than not, she fought head winds or calms, adding days to her passages… …In 1940 Captain Edward Long took over the “Theoline.” By now she was badly run-down; there had been no money for repairs. Steamers had taken over most of her trades, and she had been lucky to get an occasional coal charter, remaining at anchor at Jonesport the rest of the time. Captain Long did what he could for the ship. Not only did he work on her hull, but when he noticed a rotten mainmast, he dug it out, put in new wood, and bound the patch with a steel sleeve. He de-loused the ship so she was perfectly clean; that, in itself was a big undertaking.” “Captain Edward Long was active up to the end of sail in New England waters. He took the “Theoline” into Quincy in 1941. the last of her type to visit that old port. One winter when the “Theoline” was laid up in Jonesport, Captain Long and his wife together overhauled the four-master’ stern which had taken a decided sag. Putting in two huge turnbuckles, they were able to pull her back into position, correcting the weakening timbers.” - “The Last Sail Downeast” by Giles M.S. Tod, published by Barre Publishers, Barre, Massachusetts, 1965, p. 7 The schooner was sent south to work, but ran into problem after problem, ending up at New Brunswick. “When finally loaded with 592,000 square feet of wood, the “Theoline” departed for Boston on July 26th. A fresh, fair breeze took her rapidly down the Bay of Fundy, passing Petit Manan 24 hours out. From then on the winds were light. The third and fourth day were spent off Portland. On the fifth day Cape Ann was sighted before the fog closed in. On August 1st the four-master came to Boston, two tugs towing her up the river to Quincy where she was to discharge. She had been six days, five hours and forty-five minutes from Alma. This was to be the last time the “Theoline” came to her home port…” Some time in 1942 or later, “deeply loaded, she set out on the long voyage [to Africa.] It was reported that she bumped bottom near Cape Hatteras, but she got off undamaged. However, some weeks later word came from the West Indies that the fine schooner had struck a reef; it was the end of the “Theoline” as she smashed up before aid could come to her.” - “The Last Sail Downeast” by Giles M.S. Tod, published by Barre Publishers, Barre, Massachusetts, 1965, p. 53, 54, 55, 56. The complete story of “Theoline” can be found on these pages – far more than the parts quoted here. [show more] | |||||
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| 14064 | Puritan - Schooner |
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| Vessel Name - Puritan Class – schooner Hull - wood Masts - two Rig – gaff rigged Build date - 1886 Built by – McDonald & Brown Built at – Belfast, Maine Tons - 116.07 "Down at Hall Quarry there is considerable activity in granite shipping. From the firm of Campbell & Macomber a large cargo of cut granite will be shipped by the schooner Puritan this week, valued at $3000. The stone goes to Hartford, Conn., via New York, on contract they are filling. Several other cargoes will be shipped later." – Daily Kennebec Journal, Saturday, September 30, 1905. "SCHOONER ABANDONED. PICKED UP BY A TUG AND TOWED TO BOSTON. Sy Telegraph to Th* FrMmaa. Boston, Mass., July 20.— The two masted schooner Puritan, of Belfast, Maine, was picked up dismasted and abandoned by the tug Vesta yesterday off The Graves, and towed here. The Puritan was bound from Deer Isle, Maine, to New York, laden with granite, and was off the Pitch of Cape Cod when the storm broke Saturday night. The captain put back to Salem for shelter, but when off The Graves he lost his masts. A lobster smack took off the captain and crew apd brought them to this port and a tug was sent out for the dismasted vessel, which was found near the spot where it was abandoned." – The Kingston Daily Freeman, Volume 02, July 20, 1903. | 
Description: Vessel Name - Puritan Class – schooner Hull - wood Masts - two Rig – gaff rigged Build date - 1886 Built by – McDonald & Brown Built at – Belfast, Maine Tons - 116.07 "Down at Hall Quarry there is considerable activity in granite shipping. From the firm of Campbell & Macomber a large cargo of cut granite will be shipped by the schooner Puritan this week, valued at $3000. The stone goes to Hartford, Conn., via New York, on contract they are filling. Several other cargoes will be shipped later." – Daily Kennebec Journal, Saturday, September 30, 1905. "SCHOONER ABANDONED. PICKED UP BY A TUG AND TOWED TO BOSTON. Sy Telegraph to Th* FrMmaa. Boston, Mass., July 20.— The two masted schooner Puritan, of Belfast, Maine, was picked up dismasted and abandoned by the tug Vesta yesterday off The Graves, and towed here. The Puritan was bound from Deer Isle, Maine, to New York, laden with granite, and was off the Pitch of Cape Cod when the storm broke Saturday night. The captain put back to Salem for shelter, but when off The Graves he lost his masts. A lobster smack took off the captain and crew apd brought them to this port and a tug was sent out for the dismasted vessel, which was found near the spot where it was abandoned." – The Kingston Daily Freeman, Volume 02, July 20, 1903. [show more] | |||||
| 13930 | Miantonomah - Schooner |
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| MIANTONOMAH, official # 113022, a 76 ton Schooner, built 1872 at Newbury (Port), Massachusetts, USA. Owner #1: Duncan Finlayson, Professional of Arachat, NS., registered the vessel in 1900 (Registration # S900139) at St. John's, NF., registry closed 1906 - Transfered to a New Port. Owner # 2: William Moffat, Farmer/Planter of Mayfield, PEI., registered the vessel in 1903 (Registration # I903012) at PEI., registry closed 1915 - Wrecked - River Bourgeois, NS. "There's an obvious error in closure and registration dates on the record. This is likely a transcription error. The other possibility is that the vessel may have been registered at two different ports at the same time, although this would be unusual." Schooner “Miantonomah” was reported as producing 1,400 inspected barrels for a value of $8,000.00 in 1880 – “Compilation of reports of Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, 1789-1901, First Congress, First Session, to Fifty-sixth Congress, Second Session, Trade and Commerce with Foreign Nations – Foreign Tariffs – Boundary and Fishery Disputes” Vol. V, ‘Large catches and “stocks” by the mackerel fleet in New England waters, season of 1880,’ p. 839, Published by Government Printing Office, 1901. | 
Description: MIANTONOMAH, official # 113022, a 76 ton Schooner, built 1872 at Newbury (Port), Massachusetts, USA. Owner #1: Duncan Finlayson, Professional of Arachat, NS., registered the vessel in 1900 (Registration # S900139) at St. John's, NF., registry closed 1906 - Transfered to a New Port. Owner # 2: William Moffat, Farmer/Planter of Mayfield, PEI., registered the vessel in 1903 (Registration # I903012) at PEI., registry closed 1915 - Wrecked - River Bourgeois, NS. "There's an obvious error in closure and registration dates on the record. This is likely a transcription error. The other possibility is that the vessel may have been registered at two different ports at the same time, although this would be unusual." Schooner “Miantonomah” was reported as producing 1,400 inspected barrels for a value of $8,000.00 in 1880 – “Compilation of reports of Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, 1789-1901, First Congress, First Session, to Fifty-sixth Congress, Second Session, Trade and Commerce with Foreign Nations – Foreign Tariffs – Boundary and Fishery Disputes” Vol. V, ‘Large catches and “stocks” by the mackerel fleet in New England waters, season of 1880,’ p. 839, Published by Government Printing Office, 1901. [show more] |
