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Lines of the Baltimore-Built Brigantines George Latimer and Alexander hirkland, built 1858 for the West 

 Indian trade. The Latimer was destroyed by the Confederate cruiser Florida, and the Kirkland disappeared at 

 sea. Taken off builder's half-model U.SNM 76099. 



Baltimore, Maryland. The model represents a clipper 

 brigantine of the period as developed by Maryland 

 builders in which the rise of the straight floor and 

 drag to the keel of their earlier Baltimore clipper 

 model had been reduced to a minimum. The Latimer, 

 a noted sailer in the West Indian-Baltimore sugar 

 trade, was burned by the Confederate raider Florida 

 in 1864. The Kirkland "went missing" and was 

 probaljly overwhelmed in a hurricane. These Balti- 

 more-built West-Indiamen were very similar in all 

 respects to the brigantines in the coffee trade and 

 carried a large spread of canvas. 



The half-model is of a medium-clipper hull ha\ing 

 a moderate and handsome sheer, straight keel with 

 slight drag, slightly raking and moderately flaring 

 stem rabbet, nearly upright post, short counter with 

 raking elliptical transom curved athwartships, a 

 long and sharp entrance with some hollow at the 

 forefoot and much flare in the bow sections, and a 

 long and fine run. The midsection is formed with a 

 slightly rising straight floor, well rounded and rather 

 easy bilge, and a marked tumble-home in the topside. 



Mounted wdth a longhead, trails, cutwater, keel, 

 post, rudder, and stub bowsprit. 



The brigantines measured 110 feet 9 inches moulded 

 length at rail, 104 feet between perpendiculars, 24 

 feet 8 inches moulded beam, and 10 feet 3 inches 

 moulded depth, deck to rabbet at side. Scale of 

 model is )i inch to the foot. 



Given by William .Skinner and Sons, shipbuilders, 

 Baltimore, Maryland. 



MERCHANT BRIGANTINE, 1867 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76118 



Eva M. JohnsoKj Majy E. Fennel 



The trading brigantine Eva M. Johnson, 235.84 

 register tons, was built on this model in 1867 and 

 the Mary E. Pemiel, 239.01 register tons, in 1868, at 

 Harrington, Maine, for the West Indian and coast- 

 wise trades. The model is typical of the Maine-built 

 brigantine traders, usually with a short quarterdeck, 

 employed in the sugar and molasses trade in the 

 decade following the Civil War. 



The half-model represents a brigantine having mod- 

 erate sheer, a straight keel with very slight drag, 

 rather upright but flaring stem rabbet with slightly 

 rounded forefoot, vertical post, short wide counter 

 ha\ing raking elliptical transom rounded athwart- 

 ships, short and rather full entrance, short and easy 

 run, and a rather markedly long body. The mid- 

 section shows a slight rise in the straight floor, round 

 and easy bilge, and some tumi)le-home in the topside. 

 The bow sections ha\e a good deal of flare. 



Mounted with a small longhead, trails, cutwater, 

 keel, post and rudder. 



The model is for a vessel 114 feet 6 inches moulded 

 length at rail, about 109 feet between perpendiculars, 

 27 feet moulded beam, and nearly 12 feet 4 inches 

 moulded depth. Scale of the model is ^ inch to the 

 foot. 



Given l)y \'. L. Coflin. of Harrington, Maine. 



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