George S. Lawley Sr., a boatbuilder from the Limehouse section of London, opened his first yachtbuilding yard in Scituate, in 1866. In 1874, he moved to City Point, in South Boston, to a site next door to the Boston Yacht Club, but by 1910 he needed more space, so he moved again, to the former Putnam Nail Works, at Point Norfolk, in Neponset. The yard also built flying boats and the Navy's first airship, DN 1, but closed in 1945. You can see the site from the air on Google here. Although a famous yachtbuilder, little is known about it and if anyone can add to the table below, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.
| Hull # | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | Tons | Feet | Delivery | Disposition |
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Built in South Boston |
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| Medusa | Cutter Yacht | 63 | 1882 | ||||
| Puritan | Charles Paine & others | Sloop Yacht | 28 | 1885 | Scrapped 1925 | ||
| Mayflower | Mayflower Syndicate | Sloop Yacht | 1886 | ||||
| Volunteer | Volunteer Syndicate | Sloop Yacht | Outfit only | ||||
| Sachem | Owens & Metcalfe | Yacht | 103 | 1886 | |||
| Nantasket | Lifeboat | 29 | pre 1888 | ||||
| Westport | Lifeboat | pre 1888 | |||||
| Babboon | Charles F. Adams | Cutter Yacht | 19 | 56 | 1888 | Later Carina, Mist, Babboon again, lost off Point Loma 1961 | |
| Elf | William Wilkinson | Cutter Yacht | 11 | 35 | 1888 | Later Blue Cloud, Flying High, Paz, now Elf | |
| 167 | Varanda | 1890 | |||||
| 168 | Barbara | 21 | 1890 | ||||
| Gossoon | 18 | 1890 | |||||
| Alborak | Sloop | 25 | 49 | 1890 | Later Katherine II | ||
| 185 | Sayonara | 1890 | |||||
| 189 | Mineola | 25 | 1890 | ||||
| 190 | Melissa | 1890 | |||||
| 193 | Ilderim | 28 | 1890 | . | |||
| 196 | Oweene | 24 | 1890 | ||||
| 198 | Fancy | 1890 | |||||
| 199 | Helvetia | 1891 | |||||
| 200 | Lolita | 1891 | |||||
| 201 | Mollie Bawn | 1891 | |||||
| 210 | Velthra | 1891 | |||||
| 211 | Kestel | 1891 | |||||
| 212 | El Placita | 1891 | |||||
| 213 | Gyda | 1891 | |||||
| 214 | Alcaea | 1891 | |||||
| 215 | Undertaker | 1892 | |||||
| 216 | Karl | 1892 | |||||
| 217 | Owl | 1892 | |||||
| 218 | Sirocco | 1892 | |||||
| 220 | Gadfly | 1892 | |||||
| 221 | Triket | 1892 | |||||
| 222 | Chowodote | 1892 | |||||
| 223 | Typhoon | 1892 | |||||
| 224 | Stellar | 1892 | |||||
| 225 | Snark | 1892 | |||||
| 226 | NeaECA | 1892 | |||||
| 227 | Red Fin | 1892 | |||||
| Alcaca | 113 | 1892 | |||||
| 229 | Matoxet | 1892 | |||||
| 230 | Varuna | 1892 | |||||
| 231 | Random | 1892 | |||||
| 232 | Imp | 1892 | |||||
| 233 | Carmita | 27 | 1893 | ||||
| 234 | Folly | 1893 | |||||
| 235 | Aguilo | Yacht | 65 | 1893 | |||
| 236 | Jubilee | 100 | 1893 | ||||
| 237 | Keewaydin | 1893 | |||||
| 238 | Eriee ? | 1893 | |||||
| 239 | Scintilla | 1893 | |||||
| 240 | Pauline | 1893 | |||||
| 241 | Flying Cloud | 1893 | |||||
| 242 | Mary Ann | 1893 | |||||
| 243 | Ventura | 1893 | |||||
| 244 | Polly | 1893 | |||||
| 245 | Becky Sharp | 1893 | |||||
| 246 | Rusalka | 1893 | |||||
| 247 | Noria | 1894 | |||||
| 248 | Inset | 1894 | |||||
| 249 | Mystery | 1894 | |||||
| 250 | Marguerite | 1894 | |||||
| 252 | Secouset | 1894 | |||||
| 253 | Ese.see ? | 1894 | |||||
| 254 | Little Dipper | 1894 | |||||
| 255 | Hummingbird | 1894 | |||||
| 256 | Priscilla | 1894 | |||||
| 257 | Kitten | 1894 | |||||
| 258 | Turkey | 1894 | |||||
| 260 | Dolly | 1894 | |||||
| 261 | Red Wing | 1894 | |||||
| 262 | Tourmaline | 1894 | |||||
| 263 | Snarleynow | 1894 | |||||
| 264 | Amos | 1894 | |||||
| 265 | Maia | 1894 | |||||
| 266 | Torfrida | 1894 | |||||
| 267 | Vireo | 1894 | |||||
| 268 | Nixie | 1894 | |||||
| 269 | Nabob | 1895 | |||||
| 271 | Hearse | 1895 | |||||
| 272 | Sally I | 1895 | |||||
| 273 | Dorothy | 1895 | |||||
| 275 | Kittiwake | 1895 | |||||
| 276 | Zenobia | 1895 | |||||
| 277 | Julnar | 1895 | |||||
| 278 | Falcon | 1895 | |||||
| 279 | Columbia | 1895 | |||||
| 280 | Nachita | 1895 | |||||
| 281 | Alcedo | 1895 | |||||
| 286 | Toyo | 1895 | |||||
| 287 | Iola | 1895 | |||||
| 288 | Jilb | 1895 | |||||
| 289 | Comet | 1895 | |||||
| 290 | Elba | 1895 | |||||
| 291 | Helen | 1895 | |||||
| 292 | Lunda | 1896 | |||||
| 293 | Avocet | 1896 | |||||
| 294 | Wild Swan | 1896 | |||||
| 295 | Vidofner | 1896 | |||||
| 296 | Nina | 1896 | |||||
| 297 | Aspenet | Sloop Yacht | 31 | 1896 | |||
| 298 | Elsa | 1896 | |||||
| 299 | Hermitage | 1896 | |||||
| 300 | Wren | 1896 | |||||
| 301 | Sirocco | 1896 | |||||
| 302 | Niueta ? | 1896 | |||||
| 303 | Ingomar | 59 | 1896 | ||||
| 304 | Goblin | 1896 | |||||
| 305 | Elsa | 1896 | |||||
| 306 | Rowena | 1896 | |||||
| 307 | Tautog | 1896 | |||||
| 308 | Cypher | 1896 | |||||
| 309 | Idona | 1896 | |||||
| 310 | Soubrette | 1896 | |||||
| 311 | Sally II | 1896 | |||||
| 312 | Varico | 1896 | |||||
| 313 | El Heirie | Scow | 1896 | ||||
| 314 | Katonah | Sloop Yacht | 54 | 1896 | |||
| 315 | Theo | 1896 | |||||
| 316 | Hulda | 1896 | |||||
| 317 | Bo Beep | 1896 | |||||
| 318 | Gossip II | 1897 | |||||
| 319 | Shiyessa | 1897 | |||||
| 320 | Sagamore | 1897 | |||||
| 321 | Golliwog | 1897 | |||||
| 322 | Nettie | 1897 | |||||
| 323 | Vera | 1897 | |||||
| 324 | Jenny Wren | 1897 | |||||
| 325 | Courier | Yacht | 65 | 1897 | |||
| 326 | Ala | 1897 | |||||
| 327 | Al Anka | 1897 | |||||
| 328 | Irolita | 1897 | |||||
| 329 | Lautog | 1897 | |||||
| 330 | Ursula | 1897 | |||||
| 331 | Pioneer | 1897 | |||||
| 332 | Annette | 1897 | |||||
| 333 | Gosling | 1897 | |||||
| 334 | Mollie | 1897 | |||||
| 335 | Nun | 1897 | |||||
| 336 | Geialda | 1897 | |||||
| 337 | Gossip | 1897 | |||||
| 338 | Geisha | 1897 | |||||
| 339 | Royal Blue | 1897 | |||||
| 340 | Robin Hood | 1897 | |||||
| 341 | Jacobin | 1897 | |||||
| 342 | Mariposa | 1897 | |||||
| 343 | Woglinde | 1897 | |||||
| 344 | Macbelle | 1897 | |||||
| 345 | Fee | 1897 | |||||
| 346 | Micaboo | 1897 | |||||
| 347 | Elherie | Scow | 1897 | ||||
| 348 | Edyth | 1897 | |||||
| 349 | Patrol # 2 | 1897 | |||||
| 350 | No name | US Navy | Cutter | 1897 | |||
| 352 | Eina | 1897 | |||||
| 353 | Mulina | 1897 | |||||
| 354 | Dragon | 1897 | |||||
| 355 | Amanita | 1898 | |||||
| 356 | Razmatazz | 1898 | |||||
| 357 | Apertyx | 1898 | |||||
| 358 | Watchman | ||||||