. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 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 in design. Bearing the name Lizzie 11'. Matheson, it shows the rig and deck arrangement
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 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 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^ , 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 11 feet at post. The bowsprit 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 }â ) inch to the foot. These 3-masted fishing schooners differed from coasters of this rig and approximate size; the fisher- men were us
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