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{{short description|Boston Pilot boat}}
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|Ship image=George Warren Pilot Boat.jpg
|Ship caption=Pilot Boat George H. Warren, No. 4.
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{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship owner=
*John Harry Jeffery (Boston)
*J. O'Sullivan (New York)
|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1864}}
|Ship name= George H. Warren
|Ship namesake= George H. Warren
|Ship christened= 
|Ship builder = Porter Keene
|Ship operator=
* '''Boston Pilots:''' George H. Warren, John P. Spauulding, John M. Ward, Walter W. Jeffrey, Catherine Jeffrey, Hayden Sargent, Charlotte C. A. Archer, Timothy Davis, John M. Davis and Charles L. Davis 
* '''New York Pilots:''' William Murphy, Frank Kelly, Thomas F. Pennea, Patrick Walsh, George D. Samson, and Walter Berry 
|Ship original cost=9,250
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched= December 31, 1882
|Ship out of service= February 7, 1895
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|Ship honors=
|Ship fate=Sank
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|Ship class=[[schooner]]
|Ship tonnage=50-tons [[Thames Measurement|TM]] (New York Pilot Boat)<ref name="Launch"/>
|Ship length={{convert|70|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} (New York Pilot Boat)
|Ship beam={{convert|20|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} (New York Pilot Boat)
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|Ship depth={{convert|8|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} (New York Pilot Boat)<!--top of keel to the top of deck beam -->
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|Ship propulsion=Sail
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The '''''George H. Warren''''' was a 19th-century [[pilot boat]] built in 1882 by Porter Keene at [[Weymouth, Massachusetts]], to replace the [[Edwin Forrest (pilot boat)|''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.

==Construction and service ==

The ''George H. Warren'' was a [[schooner]] rigged two-masted pilot-boat, built in 1882 by Porter Keene at North [[Weymouth, Massachusetts]], to replace the [[Edwin Forrest (pilot boat)|''Edwin Forrest,'']] No. 4, which was sold to the [[Pensacola, Florida]] pilots. She was launched on December 31, 1882, from the Porter Keene [[shipyard]] at Weymouth. John Harry Jeffery was the captain.<ref name="Launch">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75908276/launch/ |title=A New Pilot-Boat Launched.|work=New-York Tribune|place=New York, New York|date=1 Jan 1883|page =1|access-date=2020-12-17}}</ref>

The ''Warren'' No. 4, went on her first cruise on February 14, 1883. She was owned by Captain John Harry Jeffries and other Boston pilots: George H. Warren, John P. Spauulding, John M. Ward, Walter W. Jeffrey, Catherine Jeffrey, Hayden Sargent, Charlotte C. A. Archer, Timothy Davis, John M. Davis and Charles L. Davis.<ref name="Purchase"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/428523086/?terms=%22pilot%20boat%20George%20H.%20Warren%22&match=1 |title=A New Pilot Boat |work=The Boston Globe|place=Boston, Massachusetts|date=16 Feb 1883|page=4|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-12-17}}</ref> She was named for George H. Warren, one of the owners who also owned the Boston keel cutter-rigged yacht ''Maggie''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogs.marinersmuseum.org/object/VS34655 |title=Maggie (YACHT: 1878-1895)|website=marinersmuseum.org|date=16 Feb 1883|access-date=2021-04-17}}</ref>

The ''George H. Warren,'' was registered as a pilot schooner with the ‘’Record of American and Foreign Shipping,’’ in 1884 and 1894. Her ship [[Master (naval)|master]] and owner was John Harry Jeffery; built in 1883 at North Weymouth, Massachusetts; and her hailing port was the [[Port of Boston]].  Her dimensions were 70.9&nbsp;ft. in length; 20&nbsp;ft. breadth of beam; 8.2&nbsp;ft. depth of hold; and 50-tons [[Thames Measurement|Tonnage]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l0179721894/#452 |title=Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1884|website=mysticseaport.org |access-date=2020-12-17}}</ref>

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]]'' that was run down by the French Line steamship ''La Normandie'' on May 19, 1889.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73569137/run-down/|title=A Pilot Boat Run Down. La Normandie Drowns Two Men The Others Ill Treated. |work=Buffalo Courier |place=Buffalo, New York |date=20 May 1889|pages=1|access-date=15 Mar 2021}}</ref> The new owner, Captain J. O'Sullivan, made the arrangements for the transfer.<ref name="Purchase">{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-jun-07-1889-p-6/ |title=After Thorough Inspection. Pilot Boat George H. Warren, No. 4, Gets a New Owner.|work=The Boston Daily Globe|place=Boston, Massachusetts |date=7 Jun 1889|page =6|access-date=2021-04-17}}</ref>

William S. McLaughlin was an apprentice on the ''George H. Warren,'' No. 5 in the winter of 1894. He was supposed to be on the ''Warren'' leaving [[Tompkinsville, Staten Island]] in February 1895, when one of the pilots told him he could not go to sea because he had an abscess on his right hand.<ref name="Russell">
{{cite book|last=Russell|first=Charles Edward|date=1929|title=From Sandy Hook to 62°|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7KBOAQAAMAAJ&q=Warren
|publisher= Century Co.|oclc=3804485|pages=369, 389}}</ref>

==End of service==
[[File:George H. Warren.png|thumb|Pilot Boat George H. Warren (1895).]]

On February 7, 1895, the Sandy Hook pilot boat ''George H. Warren,'' No. 5, went missing just before the great blizzard. She had six pilots on board, a boatkeeper, cook, and two seamen. The pilots were, William Murphy, Francis Kelly, Thomas F. Pennea, Patrick Walsh, George D. Samson, and Walter Berry that were part owners of the boat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87068097/1895-02-28/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1777&index=1&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=boat+George+H+pilot+Warren&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=pilot+boat+George+H.+Warren&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|title=Pilot Boat Missing. |work=The New Jersey City News|place=Jersey City, New Jersey|date=28 Feb 1895|page=1|access-date=15 Dec 2020}}</ref>

On March 15, 1895, no news had been reported about the lost boat. Captain J. O'Sullivan, an owner that was not on the ''Warren'' asked the Board of Pilot Commissioners for permission to build a replacement boat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201895%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201895%2520-%25201542.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D26c37e41%26DocId%3D306114%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520P%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D72%2B73%2B74%2B75%2B76%2B586%2B587%2B588%2B589%2B58a%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201895%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201895%2520-%25201542.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D26c37e41%26DocId%3D306114%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520P%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D72%2B73%2B74%2B75%2B76%2B586%2B587%2B588%2B589%2B58a%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |title=Outlived The Storm. No Tidings of Six Pilots Who Went Out on the George H. Warren. |work=The New York Herald|place=New York, New York|date=15 Mar 1895|page=1|access-date=17 Apr 2021}}</ref><ref name="Lore">{{cite book|last=Allen|first=Edward L.|date=1922|title=Pilot Lore From sail to Steam
|url=https://archive.org/details/pilotlorefromsai00unit/page/n17/mode/2up?q=Warren
|location=New York|publisher=The United New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Benevolent Associations|page=1}}</ref><ref name="Russell"/>

==See also==
*[[List of Northeastern U. S. Pilot Boats]]

== References ==
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