Glol'cester Harbor in i8 

 (Smithsonian photo ^^yga-a.) 



The fleet contains jjinkics, sloop-boats, and a variety ol fishing schooner types. 



THREE-MASTED FISHING SCHOONER, 1882 

 Rigged Model, usnm 160211 



This model represents an ideal design for a 3- 

 masted fishing schooner, made by Thomas A. Irving, 

 shipbuilder, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1882. 

 At the International Fisheries Exposition at London 

 in 1883 the model was awarded a gold medal for 

 e.Kcellence in design. Bearing the name Lizzie 11'. 

 Matheson, it shows the rig and deck arrangement of 

 that vessel, biu the hull of the model is sharper ended 

 than that of the half-model of the Matheson (usnm 

 160121, p. 212), and there is also more rise in the floor. 



A number of 3-masted fishing schooners were built 

 between 1875 and 1888, the majority around 1883- 

 84. Among these were the Grace F. Littleton, 1883, 

 and the Grace E. Littleton, 1884, both built at Bath, 

 Maine, by Thomas E. Hagan. Some of the others 

 were the Lizz'e H". Matheson built 1875 a^ Esse.x, 

 Massachusetts, and the Wdlie A. McKay, 1880; 

 Henry S. IVoodriiff, 1886; Arthur V. S. Woodruff, 

 1888; and the Cora 6'. McKay, 1888. 



The model represents a \essel 109 feet at rail, 26 

 feet beam, 10 feet depth in hold, and drawing about 

 1 1 feet at post. The bowsprit e.xtends outboard of the 

 knightheads 22 feet 6 inches, the jib boom 19 feet 

 beyond the cap, the foremast stands 70 feet 3 inches 

 above the deck, the mainmast 72 feet, the mizzenmast 

 73 feet 3 inches. All three topmasts are 40 feet heel 

 to truck. The fore and main booms are each 23 feet 

 8 inches, the fore and main gaffs are 23 feet 6 inches, 

 the mizzen boom is 53 feet 3 inches, and the mizzen 

 gaff 29 feet 9 inches. The stern boat is 17 feet 6 inches 

 long. 5 feet in beam, and about 3 feet in depth. Scale 

 of the model is }■) inch to the foot. 



These 3-masted fishing schooners differed from 

 coasters of this rig and approximate size; the fisher- 

 men were usually sharper, had less freeboard, a larger 

 rig, more rise in the floor, a long and low quarterdeck 

 carried to just forward of the mainmast, and their 

 deck arrangements were, of course, those of a fishing 

 vessel. The model is somewhat more of a clipper 

 than most if not all the 3-masted fishing schooners 



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