Lines of the Steam Mackerel Schooner Novelty, drawn from mould-loft drawing and checked with builder's 

 half-model USNM 76286. In building, the foremast was placed 5 feet forward and the deckhouse was short- 

 ened, with the fore end and the stack 4 feet farther aft than shown. 



in 1885 from a design by Captain H. B. Joyce. The 

 first steam vessel in the New England offshore fisher- 

 ies, she was designed for mackerel purse-seine fishing, 

 using a "double-gang" of 40 men eciuipped with two 

 purse-seines and four seine-boats. The Novelty was 

 employed in fishing until December 1889, when she 

 was sold to Haitian revolutionists, and was said to 

 have become an important factor in their success be- 

 cause of her speed, being then known as the Jihiiicl. 

 After the revolution she was taken to Philadelphia, 

 refitted, and, after returning again to Haiti, was sunk 

 in a collision with the Haitian naval ship Dessaliiies 

 in 1801. 



This steamer had a long sharp entrance, a long easy 

 run, straight keel with moderate drag, rather upright 

 and curved stem, upright post, round tugboat stern, 

 strong sheer, and a flu.sh rail fore-and-aft. The midsec- 

 tion was formed with a rising straight floor, a full and 

 round bilge, and nearly upright topsides. In general, 

 the lines of this vessel were those of a sharp tugboat 

 lengthened out. 



The Nonelly was rigged as a two-masted "bald- 

 headed" schooner without a bowsprit; the sails car- 

 ried were a boom-and-yaff mainsail, a loose-footed 

 gaff-foresail, and a single large jib. Her mainmast 

 was well aft; forward of it was the stack with a rather 

 long deckhouse ha\ ing the pilothouse on the forward 

 end. 



Scale ol lialf-niodel is 'i inch to the foot. The 

 Novelty was 112 feet 6 inches nioulded length at rail, 

 19 feet 3 inches moulded Ijeain. She drew nearly 9 

 feet at post. 



Given by Captain H. B. Joyce. 



WELLED STEAM LAUNCH, 1890 

 Exhibition Half-Model, usnm 160103 



This half-model was made from plans by the de- 

 signer, J. W. Water. na\'al architect, New York, for a 

 fishing launch proposed to the U^. S. Bureau of Fish- 

 eries in 1890. It was intended to have a well placed 

 forward in the hull. No launch was built. 



The boat was to be a caravel-planked hull having 

 strong sheer, a straight keel with some drag, curved 

 and rather upright stem, upright sternpost, and a 

 round fantail stern. The entrance and run were long 

 and fine. The midsection was formed with a rising 

 straight floor, well rounded and rather slack bilge, 

 and a somewhat flaring topside. 



The model is mounted with keel, stem, and stern 

 deadwoods, and propeller and rudder; the deck is 

 strongly crowned; a large oval cockpit, or standing 

 room, in which was to be the well, is forward; a small 

 one is abaft the funnel; and another large one is aft. 

 A stub funnel is shown. 



Scale of the half-model is 1 inch to the foot; the 

 launch was to be 38 feet 6 inches long, 9 feet 3 inches 

 moulded beam, 3 feet 6 inches moulded depth, and 

 was to draw about 3 feet 9 inches at post and 2 feet 

 10 inches forward. 



Given by J. \V. Waters, na\al architect. New York. 

 New York. 



PACIFIC STEAM FISHING SCHOONER, 1891 

 Rigged Model, usnm 76238 



Koyal 



This model represents the steam schooner Royal 

 built at Benicia, California, by M. Turner in 1891 



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