Herreshoff Manufacturing, Bristol RI

The Herreshoff brothers - Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, or "Captain Nat", who designed the boats, and John Brown Herreshoff, or "Mr. J. B.", who, although totally blind, ran the business - started building boats in Bristol RI in 1863 and formed Herreshoff Manufacturing in 1878.  The company is, of course, best known for its beautiful and extremely successful yachts, including many America's Cup boats: this list includes only their powered yachts and other vessels.  The shipyard closed in 1945 but the business continues today.  Visit their web site at www.herreshoff.org.  Note that Herreshoff had two series of hull numbers, one for power boats and another for sail boats.  This table is a work in progress: if anyone can fill any gaps, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com .

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type LWL (ft.) Delivery

Disposition
Power Boats
1 Annie Morse Samuel Shove Cabin Yacht 60 Apr-68  
2   Wright & Smith Hull only 25 Apr-68  
3 Seven Brothers Church Brothers Fishing Steamer 65 Apr-70  
4 Anemone J. B. Herreshoff Open Yacht 38 Aug-70  
5   Wright & Smith Hull only 25 1870  
6 Osprey Church Brothers Fishing Steamer 72 Apr-71  
7 Julia   Cabin Yacht 42 Jul-71  
8 Actinia Alexander Agassiz Open Yacht 42 Aug-71  
9 King Fisher Church Brothers Fishing Steamer 72 Apr-72  
10 Paragon Wright & Smith Hull only 46 Apr-73  
11 Firebrand   Open Yacht 33 Apr-73  
12 Crest   Open Yacht 30 Jul-73  
13 William Spicer Church Brothers Fishing Steamer 78 Jun-74  
14 Vision   Open Yacht 48 Aug-74  
15 Gem   Open Yacht 30 Mar-75  
16 Spray   Open Yacht 32 May-75  
17 Fleche   Open Yacht 42 Jul-75  
18 Spitfire   Open Yacht 32 Sep-75  
19 Centennial   Open Fishing Launch 23 Mar-76  
20 Lightning U.S. Navy Torpedo Boat 57 May-76

 
21     Open Yacht 30 Jun-76  
22     Open Yacht 33 Jun-76  
23 Wasp N.Y. Coastal Survey Tender 23 Jun-76  
24   N.Y. Bur. of Ord. Cutter 22 Jun-76  
25 Viola   Cabin Yacht 50 Jul-76  
26     Hull only 35 1876  
Amaryllis   Catamaran 33 1876  
27   N.Y. Coastal Survey Tender 23 Aug-76  
28 No. 5 N.Y. Coastal Survey Tender 30 Sep-76  
29 Coquina   Open Yacht 30 Feb-77  
30 Kanawa U.S. Army Open Yacht 45 Apr-77  
31     Open Yacht 47 May-77  
32     Open Yacht 45 Jun-77  
33     Tender 24 Jul-77  
34 Eleanor   Open Yacht 30 Jul-77  
35 Estelle "Cuban insurgents" Schooner 120 Oct-77  
36     Open Yacht 35 Mar-78  
37 Waif A. E. Ostman Open Yacht 30 Jun-78  
38 Puck Ernest Edwards Open Yacht 45 Apt-78  
39 Clara "Spanish in Cuba" Gunboat 140 May-78  
40 Leila Walter Langdon Schooner 100 Aug-78  
41 Kittatinny John D. Brodhead Launch 60 Jun-78  
42   "Spanish in Cuba" Launch 23 May-78  
43 Kelpie William H. Gray Cabin Yacht 47 Jul-78  
44 Herreshoff British Navy Torpedo Boat 59 Nov-78  
45 Ibis, Jr. George R. Dunell Launch for "Ibis" 30 Sep-78  
 46 Ogeechee George L. Appleton Steam Yacht 50 Oct-78  
47 Gymnotus George R. Dunell Launch 30 Dec-78  
48     Launch 30 Mar-79  
49 Sinbad Philip Schuyler Open Yacht 42 Mar-79  
50 Spray U.S. Navy Launch 42 May-79  
51   Philip Phoenix Launch for "Lurline" 17 Jul-79  
52 Javelin U.S. Navy Cabin Yacht 54 Jun-79  
53   Peruvian Navy Torpedo Boat 59 Jun-79  
 54 Dolphin Cornelius Vanderbilt Open Yacht 42 Jul-79  
    Cornelius Vanderbilt Launch for "Dolphin" 28 1879  
55   Peruvian Navy Torpedo Boat 6 Aug-79  
56 Lucy Frank S. Birch Cabin Yacht 42 Apr-80  
57   N.Y. Coastal Survey Launch 24 Oct-79  
58   N.Y. Coastal Survey Launch 24 Oct-79  
59     Open Yacht 30 Oct-79  
60   Peruvian Navy Torpedo Boat 56 Dec-79  
61 Waterwitch Earle & Flint Launch 24 Nov-79  
62   U.S. Navy Launch 33 May-80  
63   U.S. Navy Launch 33 May-80  
64   Russian Navy Torpedo Boat 59 Aug-80  
65 Gleam William H. Graham Schooner 112 May-80  
66 Kauplius Johns Hopkins U. Launch 24 May-80  
67   Harvard Rowing Assn. Coaching Launch 40 May-80  
68 Fish Hawk U.S. Fisheries Comm. Launch 24 Jul-80  
69     Machinery only 50 Jul-80  
70   U.S. Navy Launch for USS "Essex" 26 Jul-80  
71 Sport Flint & Earle Open Yacht 45 Sep-80  
72 Camilla J. G. Holland Open Yacht 60 May-81  
73   P. Lorillard Tender 30 Apr-81  
74 149 Royal Navy Vidette 48 Jun-81  
75 150 Royal Navy Vidette 48 Jun-81  
76 Idle Hour B. J. Carver Open Yacht 60 Apr-81  
77 Edith William Woodward, Jr. Open Yacht 60 Jun-81  
78 Juliet A. Newbold Morris Open Yacht 45 Jun-81  
79 Dido T. V. Roe Open Yacht 60 Jul-81  
80   Royal Navy Launch 33 Oct-81  
81   Royal Navy Launch 33 Oct-81  
82   Royal Navy Launch 33 Apr-82  
83 Nereid Jay C. Smith Cabin Yacht 76 Apr-82  
84   K. C. Walker Launch for "Pastime" 17 Oct-81  
85   French Navy Vidette 48 Jun-82  
86   French Navy Vidette 48 Jun-82  
87     Whale Boat 31 Nov-81  
88 Siesta H. H. Warner Schooner 98 Jun-82  
89 Orienta J. A. Bostwick Schooner 126 Jul-82

Later "Altair"
90     Whale Boat 27 Feb-82  
91 Mary C. E. McElroy Machinery only   sep-82  
92 Permelia Mark Hopkins Cabin Yacht 95 Jul-82

Later "Aida"
93 Maud Archibald Rogers Launch for "Siesta" 20 Jun-82  
94   U.S. Fisheries Comm. Boat for "Albatross" 26 Oct-82  
95   U.S. Fisheries Comm. Gig for "Albatross" 25 Oct-82  
96     Whale Boat 29 Sep-82  
97     Whale Boat 29 Sep-82  
98 Augusta Charles Kellog Open Yacht 55 Sep-82  
99 Xantho J. B. Walton Open Yacht 45 Mar-84  
100 Permelia Mark Hopkins Cabin Yacht 100 May-83

Later "Lorna"
101 Ossibow Archibald Rogers Open Yacht 69 Jun-83  
102 Gov. Hamilton Maryland Oyster Comm. Police Boat 76 Apr-83

Later "Vira"
103   U.S. Navy Tender for "Atlanta" 30 1883  
104 Magnolia Fairman Rogers Schooner 99 Sep-83  
105 Marina G. A. Bech Schooner 87 Mar-84  
106   U.S. Navy Cutter for USS "Dolphin" 28 Mar-84  
107   N.Y. Coastal Survey Cutter for "Patterson" 27 Apr-84  
108   Greely Relief Expedition Whale Boat 28 Mar-84  
109   Greely Relief Expedition Whale Boat 28 Mar-84  
110 Lucille George Vanderbilt Open Yacht 70 Jun-84  
111   U.S. Navy Boat for USS "Hartford" 33 May-84  
112     Drawings only 45 Jun-84  
113   William Astor Cutter for "Naumahawk" 35 Jun-84  
114   N.Y. Coastal Survey Whale Boat for "Patterson" 28 May-84  
115   U.S. Navy Launch for USS "Boston 33 May-84  
116   U.S. Navy Machinery only   Aug-84  
117   U.S. Navy Boat for USS "Electra" 27 Sep-84  
118 Stiletto Herreshoff Mfg. Torpedo Boat 94 Feb-85

To USN 1887, scrapped 1911
119   Jay Gould Launch for "Atalanta" 35 Dec-84  
120 Polly C. A. Whittier Open Yacht 69 May-85  
121   William F. Weld Launch for "Gitane" 20 May-85  
122 Lucille Charles Kellogg Schooner 90 May-85  
123 Ladoga George King Schooner 97 Jul-85  
124   U.S. Navy Machinery only   Mar-85  
125   U.S. Navy Cutter for Portsmouth NSY   Mar-85  
126     Machinery only   Apr-85  
127     Machinery only   Apr-85  
128   U.S. Navy Launch for USS "Chicago" 39 Oct-85  
129   Wright Duryea Boat for "Republic" 22 Sep-85  
130   Elbridge T. Gerry Boat for "Electra" 22 Oct-85  
131   N.Y. Coastal Survey Whale Boat 28 Oct-85  
132   U.S. Navy Launch for USS "Atlanta" 33 Jul-86  
133 Henrietta Norman L. Monroe Launch 48 Jun-86  
134   William Cramp & Sons Launch for "Peerless" 27 Jun-86  
135   U.S. Navy Machinery only   Jun-86  
136   Jay Gould Launch for "Atlanta" 27 Jul-86  
137   R. Y. Bruce Machinery only   Aug-86  
138   J. E. Ward Launch 27 Jun-87  
139 Lotus Seeker E. R. Holden Launch 48 Jun-87  
140 Clara Charles Kellogg Schooner 98 May-87  
141   U.S. Navy Machinery for USS "Thetis"   1887  
142 Now Then Norman L. Monroe Flush-deck yacht 84 Jun-87  
143   U.S. Navy Mcy for cutter for Portsmouth NSY 33 Jul-87  
144   U.S. Navy Mcy for cutter for Portsmouth NSY 28 Jul-87  
145   U.S. Navy Mcy for cutter for Portsmouth NSY 33 Jul-87  
146 Augusta J. B. Herreshoff Flush-deck yacht 90 Nov-87 Later "Bessie Ross"
147   A. A. Stewart Machinery only   1887  
148 Our Shary R. Shrewsbury Passenger launch 65 May-88  
149 Jersey Lily R. Shrewsbury Passenger launch 65 May-88  
150 Say When Norman L. Monroe Flush-deck yacht 132 Jul-88  
151 Ballymena Alexander Brown Steel yacht 148 Jul-88  
152 Cushing (TB 1) U.S. Navy Torpedo boat 140 22-Apr-90 Sunk as target 1920
153 Madge F. N. Drake Launch 48 1889  
154 Dawn T. H. Newberry Launch 48 1889  
155 Augusta I. L. Elwood Flush-deck yacht 142 Oct-88  
156 Antoinette Edward A. Hopkins Launch 48 Feb-89