Alexander M. Lawrence

Alexander M. Lawrence was the last of the 19th-century sailing schooners to be in the New York pilot boat service as a station boat. She was one of the largest and fastest in the Sandy Hook fleet. She was built to take the place of the New York pilot-boat Abraham Leggett, No. 4, that was hit by the steamship Naples, in 1879. Her boat model won a medal at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair illustrating the perils of the pilot-boat service. In the age of steam, the Lawrence was sold by the Pilots' Association to the Pacific Mining and Trading Company in 1897.

Alexander M. Lawrence
History
United States
NameAlexander M. Lawrence
Owner
  • N. Y. Pilots (1881-1885)
  • A. C. Bruner (1898-1900)
Operator
  • Michael Murphy (1881-1885)
  • H. B. Cogswell (1898-1900)
BuilderC. & R. Poillon shipyard
Cost$16,000
Launched21 May 1879
Out of service10 September 1897
General characteristics
Class and typeschooner
Tonnage87 Thames Measurement
Length97 ft 0 in (29.57 m)
Beam22 ft 11 in (6.99 m)
Depth9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail plan75 ft 6 in (23.01 m)
NotesStern of white oak, with live oak aprons and hooks. Floors are double Maryland oak
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