. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Lines of the Coffee-Clipper Bark Albemarle, built at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1876. Taken off the builder's half-model USNM 76095. construction of the very large California clipper ships, some trades still existed in which small clipper sailing vessels were profitable—one was the fruit trade to the West Indies, another, the Rio de Janeiro-American coffee trade. The latter trade employed the larger vessels, mostly barks, brigs, and brigantines. While few of these vessels were very extreme in design, some were quite sharp and many were very fas
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Lines of the Coffee-Clipper Bark Albemarle, built at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1876. Taken off the builder's half-model USNM 76095. construction of the very large California clipper ships, some trades still existed in which small clipper sailing vessels were profitable—one was the fruit trade to the West Indies, another, the Rio de Janeiro-American coffee trade. The latter trade employed the larger vessels, mostly barks, brigs, and brigantines. While few of these vessels were very extreme in design, some were quite sharp and many were very fast sailers. The Albemarle was long accepted as one of the fastest vessels in the Rio coffee trade and her design was much admired. The half-model shows a medium-, or half-clipper bark having a moderate and graceful sheer, straight keel with slight drag, a raking, curved and flaring stem rabbet, nearly upright post, light and short counter with elliptical transom, long and sharp entrance, and a moderately long and fine run with no length of deadflat amidships; the bow sections show heavy flare. The midsection is formed with a slightly rising straight floor, firm round bilge, and curved tumble- home in the topside. Mounted with long head, trails, cutwater, keel, rudder, and post. The model scales 138 feet 10 inches moulded length at rail, 130 feet 6 inches between perpendiculars, 30 feet 9 inches moulded beam, and 15 feet 5 inches depth rabbet to underside of deck at side. The vessel would draw 16 feet 9 inches when loaded. The model is marked with what are, apparently, her register dimen- sions: "135 feet between perpendiculars, 30 feet ex- treme beam, 14 feet 11 inches depth of hold, 560 ; Scale is % inch to the foot. Given by William Skinner and Sons, shipbuilders, Baltimore, Maryland. MERCHANT BRIG, 1817 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76061 Dove The merchant brig Dove was built on this model in 1817 at Newbury, Massachusetts, for John N. Gush- ing, Sr., of Newbury
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