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Maritime History:
Tidbits from 1901 and 1902
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HASKELL was launched from the yard of learned fears calmed a bit as some felt that the gland Company, four schooners; Frank S.
Cobb, Butler & Company for the Crowell & crew would not leave the safety of a lumber Bowker, one schooner and one sloop; Kelley
caused the main and mizzenmasts to break. Thurlow Company of Boston. Miss Norace schooner for an open boat. The W. H. CARD Spear & Company, two schooners seven
The vessel was now waterlogged and en- Belle Crowell was the vessel’s sponsor. was built at Franklin in 1874 and was owned barges; Gardiner G. Deering, two schooners;
cased in ice. The captain’s daughter died and * * * * * by Frank Arey of North Bucksport. Her mas- William T. Donnell, one steamer, Bath Iron
two sailors in the foretopsail were more dead Miss Mabelle Ray christened the four- ter was Frank P. Lowell of Bucksport, who had Works, one steamer; Fred Stillphen, one sloop;
than alive. When the vessel was finally found masted schooner JOSEPH G. RAY with spring on board his wife and child. There were also Arthur V. Minot, one schooner; Samuel C.
by tugs, she was 20 miles south of Nantucket water and then she was launched into the St. four other men on board. [See 11 December Trott, one sloop; William G. Small, one tug-
lightship. Georges River at Washburn Brothers yard in for additional information.] boat; and Arthur Sewall & Company, two
After court proceedings were settled it Thomaston. * * * * * ships. There was additional good news as
was learned that she would be totally rebuilt The dimensions of the schooner are It was announced that all the previous most yards continued to remain busy.
and that her name was to be changed to 1,253.85 gross and 1,062.09 net tons; length sailing records between Bangor and Curacoa There were no vessels built in the Saco
PENDLETON’S SATISFACTION. 204 feet; beam 40.3 feet; and depth 19 feet. had been broken by the three-masted schoo- district.
18 June: The New England Shipbuild- The keelson is 19 x 15 inch yellow pine ner ESTELLE, Captain Edwin G. Hutchinson. David Clark in the district of
ing Company of Bath launched the four- and the sister keelson is 14 x 14 inches. The With a cargo of ice and lumber the ESTELLE Kennebunkport finished a four-masted
masted schooner INEZ N. CARVER. She will framing is oak and the ceiling and planking are sailed from Bangor on 6 November and ar- schooner and Charles Ward had a 70-foot
be used in the West Indies trade. Her manag- of Southern Pine. The four mains are each 100 rived there on 21 November. She was blessed steamer under construction.
ing owners are A. N. Buell & Company of New feet Oregon pine. She has been rigged with with cleared skies and good nor’west winds. In the Wiscasset district the busiest
York and will be commanded by Captain Fred wire and a new patented turnbuckle. She also 5 December: The shipbuilding industry yards were W. J. Adams, who built two
L. Hodgkins of Lamoine, formerly of the sports three houses, which is common on had one of its best years with a total 42,631 launches, one steamer and two schooners;
schooner HARRY KNOWLTON. vessels built by the Washburn Brothers. The tons, which does not include government and W. I. & C. R. Hodgdon, two schooners.
In the same town Kelly, Spear & Com- aft house is very luxurious finished in cherry vessels. Some yards were laying keels where In Edgecomb C. H. Cunningham built a sloop.
pany launched the barge SAGUA for the and quartered panel oak and hardwood decks. vessels had not been built in years. Most of In the Waldoboro district there were 37
Staples Coal Company of Taunton, Massa- All cabins are heated by steam. the vessels built were schooners, and these vessels built: seven schooners, three steam-
chusetts. She will enter into the coal trade The RAY will be commanded by Captain were getting larger than those previously ers, and 27 sloops. The major yards building
between Cuba and the United States. J. H. Crocker, who was formerly in command built. The five-master has become common at this time were George Welt, Waldoboro;
23 July: On the coast of Tobago the bark of the four-masted schooner CHARLES L. and now there are also two six masters. There Cobb, Butler & Company and R. K. Snow,
ARLINGTON, Captain Griggs, went ashore. DAVENPORT. is also one seven master under construction Rockland; Washburn Brothers and Dunn &
She was making a voyage from Pernambuco, 4 December: The Bucksport schooner at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massa- Elliott of Thomaston; and W. A. Morse and
Brazil for Port au Spain, Trinidad. W. H. CARD, Captain Lowell, was sighted in chusetts. The reason for the size increase is C. A. Morse, Friendship. Other builders in-
The ARLINGTON was built at Bucksport the mid-Atlantic by the Hamburg-American that they are easily handled and can carry cluded C. E. Carter, C. Collamore, A. K. Carter,
in 1883. She was owned by J. S. Emery & liner PATRICIAN. Officers of the liner stated more cargo, which translates into being more Norris Carter, Eugene McLain, and R. E.
Company of Boston. that the vessel was waterlogged and aban- cost efficient. McLain, Bremen; J. W. Cushman, Friend-
31 July: The Kelley, Spear & Company doned. This schooner had sailed from Bangor The type of ship built include: two ships; ship; A. & M. Gamage, Rawson Carter, W. H.
launched the four-masted schooner 5 November with a cargo 150,000 feet of 86 schooners; 36 sloops; 10 steamers; one Francis, E. F. Leeman, Spear Brothers and A.
FREDERICK W. DAY into the Kennebec lumber for James Walker & Company of tugboat; two naphtha launches and seven Thompson, Bristol; A. F. Morse, Cushing;
River at Bath. Miss Blanche Hinckley chris- Wareham, Massachusetts. The Danish barges. Damariscotta Ship Building Company,
tened the vessel using roses and pinks. The steamer ARKANSAS spoke with her on 12 The most tonnage was of course built Damariscotta; W. A. Moody, St. George; and
managing owner of the vessel is Captain F. J. November and reported that she had been within the district of Bath, followed by C. Winchenbach, Waldoboro.
Hinckley. blown out to sea and gave her some water. Waldoboro, Belfast, Machias and Castine. In the Belfast district H. M. Bean built
* * * * * There had been concerns about the safety of The Bath district builders included Percy two schooners, one a five master, at Camden;
The four masted schooner JACOB M. the crew and vessel, but once this news was & Small, who built four schooners; New En- George A. Gilchrist built a four-masted schoo-
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