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| 15816 | Lizzie A. Tolles - Schooner Alice S. Wentworth - Schooner |
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| 3698 | Abby K. Bentley - Coasting Schooner Emma R. Harvey - Coasting Schooner |
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| Coasting Schooner "Abby K. Bentley" , later "Emma R. Harvey" carried lumber, cement etc. As Schooner "Emma R. Harvey" she was lost off Digby Gut on the 5th December 1906. Her owner/captain, John Walter Berry, died later as a result of having lashed himself to her wheel in the freezing storm. The Digby Gut or St. George's Strait as it is officially named, is a narrow channel connecting the Bay of Fundy with the Annapolis Basin. The town of Digby, Nova Scotia is located on the inner portion of the western side of the Gut. |  Abby K. Bentley - Coasting Schooner Emma R. Harvey - Coasting Schooner
Description: Coasting Schooner "Abby K. Bentley" , later "Emma R. Harvey" carried lumber, cement etc. As Schooner "Emma R. Harvey" she was lost off Digby Gut on the 5th December 1906. Her owner/captain, John Walter Berry, died later as a result of having lashed himself to her wheel in the freezing storm. The Digby Gut or St. George's Strait as it is officially named, is a narrow channel connecting the Bay of Fundy with the Annapolis Basin. The town of Digby, Nova Scotia is located on the inner portion of the western side of the Gut. [show more] | |||||
| 3679 | Leader - Schooner |
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| Maypole Point is on the right. The schooner, "Leader" is center rear with a pinky (double-ender) to the right of her. The sloop in the left foreground is rigged like the Irish/Boston hookers, a type of vessel not native to Mount Desert Island. There is a weir visible to the right rear of the photograph. | 
Description: Maypole Point is on the right. The schooner, "Leader" is center rear with a pinky (double-ender) to the right of her. The sloop in the left foreground is rigged like the Irish/Boston hookers, a type of vessel not native to Mount Desert Island. There is a weir visible to the right rear of the photograph. | |||||
| 14065 | Rebecca R. Douglas - Schooner |
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| Coasting Schooner “Rebecca R. Douglas” had a raised deck for carrying kiln dried lumber, and later coconuts, for the Baker Extract Company of Philadelphia. The vessel was built for Edwin DeForest Douglas (1845-1911), a packing box manufacturer from Philadelphia, and named for his second wife, Rebecca Rhodes (Ruedi) Douglas (1865-). The schooner was said to be a beautiful, a fine sailor and an easy ship to handle. "May 2, 1943 - Coastal yacht “Alabaster” (Pyc21), directed to the scene by blimp K4, rescues two survivors from the U.S. schooner “Rebecca R. Douglas,” which had gone down on 28 April while on route from New York to Brazil, at 38º17’N, 71º46’W [off of Cape May]. Coast Guard lighthouse tender “Laurel” (WAGL 291) finds only an overturned lifeboat. Remainder of search proves negative." - "The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II" by Robert Cressman, Naval Institute Press, 2000, p. 158. The marine chronometer from the vessel was removed from the ship before the ship sunk and is still preserved and in working condition. There was likely a second chronometer that was used on the ship for its last trip before sinking. The chronometer that has survived was made by Thomas Porthouse, ca. 1850 in London. When it was assigned to the Rebecca R. Douglas it was already close to a century old, and yet its accuracy could still be certified for ongoing service at sea. (Information from Andrew Baron, Santa Fe, NM.) Vessel Name – Rebecca R. Douglas Class – coasting schooner Hull - wood Masts –3 Rig – ketch rig Designed by – Build date - 1894 Built by – Kelly, Spear & Co. Built at – Bath, Maine Built for – Edwin DeForest Douglas (1845-1911), a packing box manufacturer Named for – Edwin’s 2nd wife, Rebecca Rhodes Ruedi (1865-) Power – engine – when rebuilt? Gross tons - 475 Net tons – Capacity - Length – 138.8’ Beam – 33.9’ Depth – 9.5’ Crew – 6 |
Description: Coasting Schooner “Rebecca R. Douglas” had a raised deck for carrying kiln dried lumber, and later coconuts, for the Baker Extract Company of Philadelphia. The vessel was built for Edwin DeForest Douglas (1845-1911), a packing box manufacturer from Philadelphia, and named for his second wife, Rebecca Rhodes (Ruedi) Douglas (1865-). The schooner was said to be a beautiful, a fine sailor and an easy ship to handle. "May 2, 1943 - Coastal yacht “Alabaster” (Pyc21), directed to the scene by blimp K4, rescues two survivors from the U.S. schooner “Rebecca R. Douglas,” which had gone down on 28 April while on route from New York to Brazil, at 38º17’N, 71º46’W [off of Cape May]. Coast Guard lighthouse tender “Laurel” (WAGL 291) finds only an overturned lifeboat. Remainder of search proves negative." - "The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II" by Robert Cressman, Naval Institute Press, 2000, p. 158. The marine chronometer from the vessel was removed from the ship before the ship sunk and is still preserved and in working condition. There was likely a second chronometer that was used on the ship for its last trip before sinking. The chronometer that has survived was made by Thomas Porthouse, ca. 1850 in London. When it was assigned to the Rebecca R. Douglas it was already close to a century old, and yet its accuracy could still be certified for ongoing service at sea. (Information from Andrew Baron, Santa Fe, NM.) Vessel Name – Rebecca R. Douglas Class – coasting schooner Hull - wood Masts –3 Rig – ketch rig Designed by – Build date - 1894 Built by – Kelly, Spear & Co. Built at – Bath, Maine Built for – Edwin DeForest Douglas (1845-1911), a packing box manufacturer Named for – Edwin’s 2nd wife, Rebecca Rhodes Ruedi (1865-) Power – engine – when rebuilt? Gross tons - 475 Net tons – Capacity - Length – 138.8’ Beam – 33.9’ Depth – 9.5’ Crew – 6 [show more] | |||||
| 13152 | Carrie M. Richardson - Coasting Schooner |
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| 283 tons and 114 feet in length Owned by Meltiah Richardson (1828-1901), named after his wife, Mary Caroline "Carrie" Stanley Richardson (1847-1920) launched in 1874, sold in 1883 Rescued at the Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station in 1885 | 
Description: 283 tons and 114 feet in length Owned by Meltiah Richardson (1828-1901), named after his wife, Mary Caroline "Carrie" Stanley Richardson (1847-1920) launched in 1874, sold in 1883 Rescued at the Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station in 1885 | |||||
| 13667 | Aloha I - Brig Rigged Yacht |
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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) | |||||
| 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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| 14253 | Rambler - Pleasure Boat |
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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. | |||||
| 14235 | Placida - Motor Yacht |
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| “Placida” was designed by the Henry J. Gielow Company and built by Bath Iron Works. She was one of five diesel-powered sister ships, built on speculation, and essentially to the same design, by the Bath Iron Works in the early Thirties, among them, “Placida,” “Sylvia” and Kenkora II. The over-all length of each ship was slightly more than 190 feet, with a displacement of 396 tons. “The Placida had two launch tenders. The starboard launch was the one usually used to take members of the owner's party (guests etc.) to and from shore facilities such as the Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor or any other place where the yacht was unable to tie up to a pier. The port launch was used to take the crew ashore and bring supplies on board when needed. The port launch could also be used when the starboard launch needed engine repairs since the two launches were the same size. The starboard launch is the one used as the Northeast Harbor Fleet race committee boat. The race committee started boat races and recorded how they finished. This went on for a year or two immediately following World War II. I do not recall seeing the port launch after the War.” – Albie Neilson 09/12/11 “Placida” was purchased by the Navy on June 19, 1941 for use during WWII and converted for Naval service at Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Florida. She was commissioned as “USS Ruby” (PY-21)on September 23, 1941 and decommissioned after the war on July 23, 1945 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was struck from the Naval Register on August 13, 1945 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on December 26, December 1945. The once proud yacht was scrapped in 1957. Information compiled from several sources, among them: “Ruby (PY-21)” by Gary P. Priolo, NavSource Online: Patrol Yacht Archive , 2006, Accessed online 07/31/2011; http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/1321.htm “Placida” was laid down December 23, 1929 and launched May 17, 1930. She was bought by Henry Garner Haskell Sr. and delivered to him on July 1, 1930. She was a twin screw diesel seagoing yacht, 190 feet long with a 10 foot draft. Mr. Haskell and his family cruised in her extensively from Maine to Florida with Wilmington, Delaware as her home port. |
Description: “Placida” was designed by the Henry J. Gielow Company and built by Bath Iron Works. She was one of five diesel-powered sister ships, built on speculation, and essentially to the same design, by the Bath Iron Works in the early Thirties, among them, “Placida,” “Sylvia” and Kenkora II. The over-all length of each ship was slightly more than 190 feet, with a displacement of 396 tons. “The Placida had two launch tenders. The starboard launch was the one usually used to take members of the owner's party (guests etc.) to and from shore facilities such as the Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor or any other place where the yacht was unable to tie up to a pier. The port launch was used to take the crew ashore and bring supplies on board when needed. The port launch could also be used when the starboard launch needed engine repairs since the two launches were the same size. The starboard launch is the one used as the Northeast Harbor Fleet race committee boat. The race committee started boat races and recorded how they finished. This went on for a year or two immediately following World War II. I do not recall seeing the port launch after the War.” – Albie Neilson 09/12/11 “Placida” was purchased by the Navy on June 19, 1941 for use during WWII and converted for Naval service at Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Florida. She was commissioned as “USS Ruby” (PY-21)on September 23, 1941 and decommissioned after the war on July 23, 1945 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was struck from the Naval Register on August 13, 1945 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on December 26, December 1945. The once proud yacht was scrapped in 1957. Information compiled from several sources, among them: “Ruby (PY-21)” by Gary P. Priolo, NavSource Online: Patrol Yacht Archive , 2006, Accessed online 07/31/2011; http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/1321.htm “Placida” was laid down December 23, 1929 and launched May 17, 1930. She was bought by Henry Garner Haskell Sr. and delivered to him on July 1, 1930. She was a twin screw diesel seagoing yacht, 190 feet long with a 10 foot draft. Mr. Haskell and his family cruised in her extensively from Maine to Florida with Wilmington, Delaware as her home port. [show more] | |||||
| 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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| 14105 | Raimondo Montecuccoli - Cruiser |
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| "Raimondo Montecuccoli" - Captain Lamberto DeLebene Condottieri-class cruiser Displacement: 7,523 t (7,404 long tons) standard 8,994 t (8,852 long tons) full load Length: 182.2 m (597 ft 9 in) Beam: 16.6 m (54 ft 6 in) Draught: 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) Propulsion: 2 shaft Belluzzo geared turbines 6 Yarrow boilers 106,000 hp (79,044 kW) Speed: 37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h) Carried 2 aircraft 1 catapult 47 officers 86 petty officers 318 seamen 278 midshipmen "Raimondo Montecuccoli" was a Condottieri class light cruiser serving with the Italian Regia Marina during World War II. She survived the war and served in the post-war Marina Militare until 1964. Montecuccoli, which gives the name to its own sub-class, was part of the third group of Condottieri class light cruisers. They were larger and better protected than their predecessors. She was built by Ansaldo, Genoa, and was named after Raimondo Montecuccoli, a 17th century Italian general in Austrian service. Montecuccoli entered service in 1935 and was sent out to the Far-East in 1937 to protect Italian interests during the Sino-Japanese War, and returned home in November 1938 after being relieved by the Bartolomeo Colleoni. During the war she participated in the Battle of Punta Stilo and in the successful Battle of Pantelleria, where her guns disabled the British destroyer HMS Bedouin and set the large tanker SS Kentucky on fire. She was badly damaged by USAAF bombers in Naples on 4 December 1942, but having been repaired and just weeks before the armistice, she shelled without consequences a small Allied convoy off Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily. After the Armistice she was interned by the Allies and returned to Italy after the war to serve as a training cruiser until 1964. | 
Description: "Raimondo Montecuccoli" - Captain Lamberto DeLebene Condottieri-class cruiser Displacement: 7,523 t (7,404 long tons) standard 8,994 t (8,852 long tons) full load Length: 182.2 m (597 ft 9 in) Beam: 16.6 m (54 ft 6 in) Draught: 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) Propulsion: 2 shaft Belluzzo geared turbines 6 Yarrow boilers 106,000 hp (79,044 kW) Speed: 37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h) Carried 2 aircraft 1 catapult 47 officers 86 petty officers 318 seamen 278 midshipmen "Raimondo Montecuccoli" was a Condottieri class light cruiser serving with the Italian Regia Marina during World War II. She survived the war and served in the post-war Marina Militare until 1964. Montecuccoli, which gives the name to its own sub-class, was part of the third group of Condottieri class light cruisers. They were larger and better protected than their predecessors. She was built by Ansaldo, Genoa, and was named after Raimondo Montecuccoli, a 17th century Italian general in Austrian service. Montecuccoli entered service in 1935 and was sent out to the Far-East in 1937 to protect Italian interests during the Sino-Japanese War, and returned home in November 1938 after being relieved by the Bartolomeo Colleoni. During the war she participated in the Battle of Punta Stilo and in the successful Battle of Pantelleria, where her guns disabled the British destroyer HMS Bedouin and set the large tanker SS Kentucky on fire. She was badly damaged by USAAF bombers in Naples on 4 December 1942, but having been repaired and just weeks before the armistice, she shelled without consequences a small Allied convoy off Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily. After the Armistice she was interned by the Allies and returned to Italy after the war to serve as a training cruiser until 1964. [show more] | |||||
| 14063 | Janet May - Schooner |
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