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by fishermen of Irish birth who fitted her with a beam trawl, but 

 the attempt to use this form of apparatus proved unsuccessful. 



She was a wooden, carvel-built keel vessel ; with moderately sharp 

 bow; sharp floor; lean run; heavy elliptical stern; raking curved 

 stem ; considerable sheer and heavy drag. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 59 feet 6 inches; beam, 

 16 feet ; def)th, 6 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 



The Sylph had a good reputation for speed, but foundered on 

 Georges Bank — going down with all her crew — in the furious gale 

 of November 9, 1883. She represents the type of small, wooden, 

 market schooner at the date when she was built. 

 Gift of D. J. Lawlor. Cat. No. 76,036 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of schooner. 



The clipper schooner Helen M. Foster was built from this model 

 at Scituate, Mass., in 1871 for employment in the deep-sea market 

 fishery from Boston. She was designed by D. J. Lawlor. 



She had a sharp bow with wave lines at and below water line ; 

 floor slightly concave and with moderate rise; full midship section; 

 long, lean run ; flat after section ; heavy quarters ; broad, deep stern ; 

 comparatively little drag; good sheer; curve, moderately raking 

 stem; and nearly square forefoot. 



Dimensions of vessel. — -Length between perpendiculars, 72 feet; 

 beam, 20 feet; depth, 7 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 

 Gift of D. J. Lawlor. Cat. No. 76,046 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of schooner. 



The fishing schooner Sarah H. Gressy was built from this model 

 at Chelsea, Mass., in 1866. She was designed by D. J. Lawlor, of 

 Essex, and represents the ideas of that eminent naval architect at 

 that period. 



This schooner was a wooden, carvel-built keel vessel, with long 

 sharp bow, with wave lines at and below load-water line; stem 

 nearly vertical, but curved at forefoot ; long head ; rather sharp floor ; 

 quick turn to bilge; wide and large elliptical stern; fine sheer; long, 

 low quarter-deck. 



Dimensions of vessels. — Length over all, 76 feet; beam, 20 feet 6 

 inches ; depth, 7 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 



The Cressy was fairly swift for the period in which she was built, 

 but was wet in a seaway and considered rather unsafe by some. She 

 foundered at sea in February, 1875, while on the fishing banks, going 

 down with all hands in one of the furious gales that swept the west- 

 ern Atlantic during that month. 

 Gift of D. J. Lawlor. Cat. No. 76,478 U.S.N.M. 



