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Phoenix Foundry, New York NY

(later Hogg & Delamater, and Delamater Iron Works)

Most recent update: August 16, 2009.

The Phoenix Foundry was established in 1835, on West Street, between Hubert and Vestry Streets, in lower Manhattan.  In 1842, it became Hogg & Delamater and in 1850 it became Delamater Iron Works and moved to a site between the foot of West 13th Street and the foot of West 14th Street.  In 1889, it moved to the Erie Basin, in Brooklyn, and was renamed, first, Erie Basin Dry Dock Company and, later, Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company, the fore-runner of Todd Shipyards.  It was one of the earliest iron shipbuilders.  If anyone can provide any information about this shipyard, or about the ships it built, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Delivery Disposition
  Black Diamond Delaware and Raritan Co. Canal Boat 137 1842 Converted 1884
  Vulcan Delaware and Raritan Co. Canal Boat 137 1842 Abandoned 1908
  Ironsides Delaware and Raritan Co. Canal Boat 137 1842 Abandoned 1897
  Anthracite Delaware and Raritan Co. Canal Boat 137 1842 Abandoned 1883
  Pioneer H.R. Worthington Canal Boat 53 1842 Converted 1847
  Phoenix   Steamboat 56 1843 Abandoned 1856
  Pilot Benjamin Prince Steamboat 54 1843 Abandoned 1854
  Iron Witch R.B. and J.M. Forbes, and others Passenger Steamer 614 1845 Abandoned 1862
  Firefly R.B. Forbes Launch 20 1846 Sold foreign 1863
  Mist R.B. Forbes and others Launch 36 1849 Abandoned 1852
  Jacob Bell R.B. Forbes Tug 250 1849  
  No Name R.B. Forbes Steamboat 75 1856  
  Matanzas Mora Bros., Navaro and Co. Steamship 862 1860 Burned 1868
  Dictator U.S. Navy Ironclad 4,438 1862 Sold 1883
  Vermland   Yacht 52 1870  
  City of Fitchburg New Bedford & New York SS Co. Passenger Steamer 822 1874 Later Surprise 1902, Warren 1905, scrapped 1909
  City of New Bedford New Bedford & New York SS Co. Passenger Steamer 822 1874 Scrapped 1906