George H. Warren (pilot boat)
The George H. Warren was a 19th-century pilot boat built in 1882 by Porter Keene at Weymouth, Massachusetts, to replace the Edwin Forrest, No. 4, which was sold to the Pensacola, Florida pilots. The George H. Warren, originally belonged to the Boston pilot fleet but in 1889, she was purchase by a group of New York pilots. She and her crew were lost in the great blizzard of 1895.
Pilot Boat George H. Warren, No. 4. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | George H. Warren |
Namesake | George H. Warren |
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Builder | Porter Keene |
Cost | 9,250 |
Launched | December 31, 1882 |
Out of service | February 7, 1895 |
Fate | Sank |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | schooner |
Tonnage | 50-tons TM (New York Pilot Boat) |
Length | 70 ft 9 in (21.56 m) (New York Pilot Boat) |
Beam | 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) (New York Pilot Boat) |
Depth | 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) (New York Pilot Boat) |
Propulsion | Sail |
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