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Fishing schooner. 



Builder's model, scale \ inch to foot. Full, rounding bow ; low bilge ; 

 long floor; rather full run; long, straight side; straight stern. 

 Dimensions of vessel : Length over all, 78 feet ; beam, 23 feet ; 

 draught of water aft, 10 feet. Essex, Mass., 1845. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 54,421. This is the model of the schooner Storm 

 King, of Beverly, Mass., built at Essex in 1845. It is a style 

 of vessel employed at that date in the Grand Bank cod-fishery, 

 •and is the form that followed the old-fashioned " heel-tapper." 



Fishing schooner. 



Builder's model, scale J inch to foot. Full, rounding bow; narrow 

 beam ; long, straight side on top ; low, deep bilge; medium length 

 floor; full run of medium length ; square stern. Dimensions of 

 vessel: Length over all, 64 feet; beam, 16 feet; draught of 

 water aft, 8 feet. Essex, Mass., 1845. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 54,427. The model represents the style of vessels employed in 

 the Bank cod-fisheries from Beverly, Mass., in 1845. They had 

 moderately sharp bows for the period, and were well designed 

 for riding at anchor, and for sea-worthiness, though they were 

 slow sailers. 



Fishing schooner. 



Builder's model, scale \ inch to foot. Full, round bow ; straight side ; 

 long, rounding bilge; short, full run; square stern. Dimen- 

 sions of vessel : Length, 60 feet over all ; beam, 17 feet ; draught 

 of water aft, 9 feet, Essex, Mass. Type, 1845 to 1850. U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 54,457. This is the model of the schooner 

 Susan Center, of Gloucester, built in 1847, and is the type of 

 the round bow, square stern, and low quarter-deck vessels em- 

 ployed in the cod and mackerel fisheries from 1845 to 1850. 



Fishing schooner. 



Builder's model, scale \ inch to foot. Full, rounding bow; medium 

 bilge; short, but moderately lean run; rather broad beam; square 

 stern . Dimensions of vessel : Length over all, 65 feet ; beam, 18 

 feet ; draught of water aft, 9 feet. Essex, Mass., 1845 to 1855. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 54,455. This model represents a class 

 of vessels extensively employed in the cod and mackerel fish- 

 eries from 1845 to 1855. They were first termed clipper-built, 

 but at a later date were known as half-sharp. They were built 

 sharp to attain greater speed when employed in the mackerel 

 fishery. 



Fishing schooner. 



Builder's model, scale £ inch to foot. Bounding bow, with much 

 flare; long, straight side; low, rounding bilge; long, but full run j 



