in the New England fisheries for only a short time and 

 was then sold and was operated as a packet in the Bay 

 of Honduras. The schooner was noted for her speed. 



This model resemliles that of the schooner Sylph, 

 whose half and ria;ged models (usnm 76036 and 

 76241) in the W'atercraft Collection indicate that 

 Lawlor had developed some rather deep fishing 

 schooners before the efforts of Captain Joseph Collins 

 began to show results in the New England fleets. 



The half-model represents an extreme clipper fish- 

 ing schooner for her date, and deeper in draft than 

 was then common. Her entrance is long and \ery 

 sharp, with some hollow near the stem; the greatest 

 beam is abaft midlength. The run is long and flat, 

 showing the almost constant deadrise, carried aft. 

 characteristic of most Lawlor designs. The sheer is 

 great and there is a long, low quarterdeck. The keel 

 is straight with a very great drag. The stem rabi)et 

 is nearly straight and upright; the stem is fitted with 

 a pointed and rather long head. The sternpost is 

 \ertical, the counter short, and the raking elliptical 

 transom ha.s much curxe athwartships. The mid- 

 section shows a sharply rising floor with hollow at the 

 garboard carried all the way forward to the stem, 

 hard high isilges. and tumble-home in the topside. 



The scale of the model is '■> inch to the foot, giving 

 a vessel 56 feet 4 inches ijetween perpendiculars, 17 

 feet 8 inches moulded beam, 6 feet 3 inches depth of 

 hold, and a draught of 8 feet 11 inches at post and 

 4 feet 6 inches at stem. 



Given by Dennison J. Lawlor, na\al architect and 

 shipljuilder, C'helsea, Massachusetts. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1866 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 160112 



Li-^ie F. Choate 



The clipper fishing schooner Lizzie F. Choale was 

 Ijuilt from this model at Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 

 1866 as a mackerel fisherman. A variation of the 

 popular clipper model of her period, being more box- 

 like in appearance than most of her class, she was 

 considered at the time to be one of the largest and 

 finest fishermen in New England. She engaged in 

 the mackerel fishery in 1866-67 under the command 

 of Captain Joseph W. Collins and in that winter 

 she freighted oysters from the Chesapeake, to Boston. 

 The next winter, on February "^th, 1868, she foundered 

 at sea with the loss of se\eral hands, while on a passage 

 from New York to the West Indies, having entered 



the fruit trade. Three of the crew were rescued imm 

 the waterlogged wreck by the brigantine _J. S. Wright. 



The half-model shows a schooner having a very 

 straight sheer, straight keel rabbet with moderate 

 drag but with the outside keel somewhat deeper aft 

 than forward, a raking and flaring stem rabbet with 

 a light, pointed head, an upright post, and short 

 counter with a wide and rather shallow elliptical 

 transom ha\ing much rake and a very strong curve 

 athwartships. The entrance is long and sharp, the 

 greatest beam in the model is about at midlength, 

 and the run is long and very fine. The midsection 

 shows a moderately rising floor carried well outward 

 in a straight line, bilges low and hard, and the top- 

 sides quite straight and wall sided. 



The Choate was about 90 feet between perpendicu- 

 lars, 2A\{ feet beam, and about 8 feet depth of hold as 

 scaled from model, which is on the unusual scale 

 for fishing schooner half-models of )i inch to the foot; 

 the vessel drew aijout 10 feet 9 inches at post and 

 about 6 feet 6 inches forward. 



Given b\' A. Choate. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1866 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76478 



Sarah H. Cressy 



The extreme clipper schooner Sarah H. Cressy was 

 built from this half-model at E.ssex, Massachu.setts, 

 in 1866; the design being by Dennison J. Lawlor of 

 Clhelsea. Massachusetts. This notable .schooner had 

 a reputation for speed and beauty, and was very 

 heavily canvassed. She fished out of Gloucester and 

 foundered with all hands in one of the furious gales of 

 Feijruary 1873. 



The model is for a schooner haxing a long, fine 

 entrance and a very long, flat run, the entrance being 

 hollow near the stem. The counter is short and 

 finishes with an elliptical transom curved athwart- 

 ships and set at a sharp rake. The stem rabbet 

 flares outward but is generally rather upright; the 

 post is N'ertical. The sheer is strong, the keel straight, 

 with much drag. The head is quite long and beaked. 

 The midsection shows a rising and slightly hollow 

 floor, a hard i)ilge, and some tumble-home in the 

 topside. The draught of this schooner was shallower 

 than is usual in Lawlor's designs of i^oth earlier and 

 later date. 



Model is painted forest green with the multicolored 

 stripe (red and white) popular in New England 

 fishing schooners when the Cressy was built. 



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