Caritas (yacht)

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Name
  • Caritas (original)
  • LYNIE JANE (As of March 2016)
NamesakeCaritas Island
Builder George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Laid down1922
Completed1926
Homeport Caritas Island, Bridgeport, CT, New York Yacht Club
Identification222064 / MDNK
FateTowed inland a quarter-mile by 12 tractors, she now is a closed tourist attraction in Northern California
General characteristics
Type Yacht
Tonnage
Length98 ft (30 m)
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft6 ft (1.8 m)
Depth of hold11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × screws
Speed12 mph (10 kn; 19 km/h)
Complement8

Caritas was a private power yacht constructed in 1922 for sugar magnate J. Percy Bartram, a member of the New York Yacht Club. Launched at the shipyards of George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Boston, Massachusetts, it was designed by the naval architect firm Cox & Stevens of New York. [1]

The deckhouse, pilot house, and all exterior brightwork were made out of teak wood. Furnishings and equipment on Caritas were worthy of being classed among the handsomest and most luxurious yachts of the time. Caritas was powered with a pair of 125 hp Winton gasoline engines and a speed of 12 mph. [2]

She would later be known as Merdonia, Spitfire, Lockwood, Largo, and Aleta. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Annual Fifty-First Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (PDF) (Report). Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation. 1922.
  2. ↑ "'Caritas' Launched at Boston". The Motor Boat: Devoted to All Types of Power Craft, Volume 19, Part 1. January 10, 1922. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ Colton, Tim (11 December 2015). "George S. Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA". Shipbuilding History. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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