Charlotte Webb

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Pilot boat Charlotte Web, No. 5.
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NameCharlotte Webb
NamesakeCharlotte Webb, wife of Eckford Webb
OwnerCompany of New York Pilots
Operator
  • Edward Fryer (1876-1884)
  • Albert C. Malcolm (1885)
Builder Webb & Bell shipyard
LaunchedJune 15, 1865
Out of serviceMay 19, 1889
FateSank
General characteristics
Class and type schooner
Tonnage58-tons TM [1]
Length79 ft 0 in (24.08 m)
Beam28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
Depth8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
PropulsionSail

Charlotte Webb was a 19th-century New York City pilot boat built in 1865 at the Webb & Bell shipyard to take the place of the James Funk, that was destroyed by the rebel Tallahassee during the Civil War. She survived the Great Blizzard of 1888, but was run down by the French steamship La Normandie in 1889. She was replaced by the pilot boat George H. Warren.

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Construction and service

The pilot boat Charlotte Webb was built by Eckford Webb in May 1865 at the Webb & Bell shipyard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to take the place of the James Funk, No. 22, that was captured and burned by the Confederate raiding steamer Tallahassee. [2] On June 15, 1865, she was launched from the Webb & Bell shipyard. She was named in honor of the wife of Eckford Webb, which was Mrs. Charlotte Webb. [3]

The Charlotte Webb, was registered as a pilot Schooner with the Record of American and Foreign Shipping, from 1871 to 1885. Her ship master was Edward Fryer (1876-1884) and Albert C. Malcolm (1885); her owners were the N. Y. Pilot Association; built in 1865 at the Greenpoint, New York; and her hailing port was the Port of New York. Her dimensions were 79 ft. length on deck; 28 ft. breadth of beam; 8 ft. depth of hold; and 58-tons Tonnage. [1]

On April 16, 1872, William A. Lucky, a Sandy Hook pilot for 25 years, was with a group of men attempting to board the pilot boat Charlotte Webb, when the yawl they were in capsized. Most of the men were able to hold onto the capsized boat but Lucky was drowned. [4]

On 2 Apr 1886, Charlotte Webb, No. 8, was towed into New York with her foremast and main masthead gone after a collision with the bark Cambusdoon off Navesink, New Jersey. [5] [6]

On March 17, 1888, the Charlotte Webb, No. 5, was caught up in the Great Blizzard of 1888. She arrived safely back to port with minor damage to her rigging. [7] [8]

End of service

On May 19, 1889, the Charlotte Webb, was run down by the French Line steamship La Normandie, in a dense fog eight miles east of Sandy Hook. The pilot boat sank in three minutes. Two pilots on the Charlotte Webb were lost in the accident. [9] [7] : p389  Captain Albert C. Malcolm, one of the oldest and best pilots of New York harbor, was in charge during the accident was one that drowned. He was eighty-eight years old. [10]

On June 7, 1889, the George H. Warren, No. 4. was purchased for $9,250 by Captain J. O'Sullivan and a group of New York pilots that had lost the Charlotte Webb. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Record of American and Foreign Shipping". Mystic Seaport Museum. New York. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Webb & Bell's Yard". Brooklyn Union. Brooklyn, New York. 25 May 1865. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Launch Of a Pilot Boat". New York Daily Herald. New York, New York. 14 Jun 1865. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  4. ↑ "An Old Sandy Hook Pilot Drowned". The Sun. New York, New York. 9 May 1872. p. 1. Retrieved 13 Mar 2021.
  5. ↑ "Marine Notes". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 2 Apr 1886. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Shipwreck Data Base". New Jersey Maritime Museum. New Jersey. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. 1 2 Russell, Charles Edward (1929). From Sandy Hook to 62°. New York: Century Co. p. 210. OCLC   3804485.
  8. ↑ "Tempest Tossed Pilots. Belief That The Lawrence and Bennett Are Safe". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 17 Mar 1888. p. 5. Retrieved 8 Jan 2021.
  9. 1 2 "A Pilot Boat Run Down. La Normandie Drowns Two Men The Others Ill Treated". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. 20 May 1889. p. 1. Retrieved 15 Mar 2021.
  10. ↑ "Capt. Malcolm's Remains". Times Union. Brooklyn, New York. 4 Jun 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 15 Mar 2021.
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