Herreshoff #191606ep [Unbuilt 70ft Patrol Boat]
Particulars
Type: Patrol Boat
Designed by: NGH
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1916-5
LOA: 70' 0" (21.34m)
LWL: 12' 0" (3.66m)
Displ.: 19,100 lbs (8,664 kg)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Van Blerck
Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.
Model

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH
Original text on model:
"Model by NGH about 1913 [sic. 1916?]
Suggestion for high speed launch" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.
Drawings
List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #191606ep [Unbuilt 70ft Patrol Boat] are listed in bold.
Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
- Dwg 005-172 (HH.5.00386): Lines of 70'-0" x 12'-0" Patrol Boats, 70' O.A. (1916-06-09)
- Dwg 005-176 (HH.5.00390): Foundation for 3 Pounder Gun on 70'-0" x 12'-0" Patrol Boat (1916-06-09)
- Dwg 005-177 (HH.5.00391): General Arrangement > 70'-0" x 12'-0" Patrol Boat (1916-06-10)
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Documents
Nathanael G. Herreshoff
Archival Documents
"[Item Description:] Penciled general arrangement plan with plan view, sections and inboard profile. Untitled, marked 'Scale 3/8[?]. Feb 8[?] 1916' in lower right corner. With notes about Van Blerck 12 cylinder engines and one or two engines. (This is apparently #191606ep Unbuilt 70ft Patrol Boat)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled General Arrangement Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_05710. Folder [no #]. 1916-02-08( ?).)
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