Edwin Forrest (pilot boat)

	Pilot Boat Edwin Forrest No. 4., photograph by William Pierce Stubbs.
History
United States
Name	Edwin Forrest
Namesake	Edwin Forrest, American Shakespearean actor
Owner	N. Y. Pilots (New York Pilot Boat), John Low; A. Nash & Co. (Boston Pilot Boat);
Operator	Henry Harbinson (New York Pilot Boat); J. H. Jeffreys (Boston Pilot Boat);
Builder	Jacob A. Westervelt's Sons & Co. (New York Pilot Boat); Dennison J. Lawlor (Boston Pilot Boat);
Laid down	1862 (New York Pilot Boat); 1882 (Boston Pilot Boat);
Launched	1855 (New York Pilot Boat); 1865 (Boston Pilot Boat);
Fate	Lost on Long Island (New York Pilot Boat); Sold (Boston Pilot Boat);
General characteristics
Class and type	schooner
Tonnage	100-tons TM (New York Pilot Boat); 36-tons TM (Boston Pilot Boat);
Length	75 ft 0 in (22.86 m) (New York Pilot Boat); 66 ft 6 in (20.27 m) (Boston Pilot Boat);
Beam	20 ft 3 in (6.17 m) (New York Pilot Boat); 19 ft 3 in (5.87 m) (Boston Pilot Boat);
Depth	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) (New York Pilot Boat); 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) (Boston Pilot Boat);
Propulsion	Sail

The Edwin Forrest was a 19th-century pilot boat built in 1855 by Jacob A. Westervelt's Sons & Co., for a group of New York pilots. She was designed by Dennison J. Lawlor, for Pilot Captain John Low. The Edwin Forrest was named in honor of the American actor Edwin Forrest. A second Edwin Forrest was built for Boston pilots in 1865 to replace the New York Edwin Forrest, No. 14, that was lost in 1862. She attained celebrity for her speed and stability. The Edwin Forrest was sold to Pensacola, Florida parties in 1882 and replaced by the George H. Warren.

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