Georges Bank Halibut Schooner of 1840-50 Hand-Lining Under Riding Sail. Drawn b\- H. Elliott under 

 the direction of Capt. J. W . Collins. From G. Brown Goode, Thf fisheries and fishery industries of the United Slates, 

 Washington. Government Printing Office, 1884-87. 



lower transoms, a raking, cnr\ccl stem rabbet with a 

 short, heavy head, and the greatest beam well Ibr- 

 ward of midlength. The midsection shows a slightly 

 rising straight floor, short in length and fairing into 

 a full, round bilge, with some tumi)le-home in the 

 topside. The body is carried well fore-and-aft, and 

 the entrance and run are both short and quite full. 



There is a short quarterdeck, and the depth of 

 bulwarks, 32 inches, is vinusually great for a fishing 

 schooner, suggesting that this vessel was intended to 

 work in the coasting trade as well as in the fishery. 



The vessel was about 64 feet 6 inches moulded 

 length at rail, 16 feet 6 inches moulded beam, about 

 7 feet moulded depth, and probably drew about 8 

 feet 6 inches at post. Scale of model is '- inch to the 

 foot. 



Given by Captain Joseph \V. Collins. 



FISHING SCHOONER, about 1840-45 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54421 



This half-model represents a large New England- 

 built fishing schooner of before 1845. Obtained at 



Esse.x, Massachusetts, it was formerly thought to be 

 that of the small smack Storm Ring, whose rigged 

 model is in the Watercraft Collection bearing the date 

 1880, but examination of the models shows this to be 

 incorrect. The registry of the Storm King has not 

 been found. The model is to a scale of 'i inch to the 

 foot, producing a \essel measuring about 77 feet on 

 the rails, 23 feet moulded beam, and 7 feet 6 inches 

 moulded depth, an unusually large schooner for the 

 fisheries at the estimated date; it is probably for a 

 schooner to ije employed in the Newfoundland Grand 

 Banks fishery. 



The half-model shows a very full-bowed codfishing 

 schooner having a long but full run, a straight raking 

 stem with short, deep head, a nearly upright post, a 

 wide square stern having upper and lower transoms 

 and a round tuck, strong sheer, a straight keel with 

 some drag, and a straight side fore-and-aft. The mid- 

 section shows a slightly rising straight floor, a low, 

 round bilge, and an upright topside. 



Purchased November 17, 1882, from \\'illiam Story 

 of Essex and given bv the U. S. Fish Commission, 



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