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The '''''Phantom''''' was a 19th-century wooden [[yacht]] [[schooner]], built in 1865 by [[J.B & J.D. Van Deusen |Joseph D. Van Deusen]] and owned by yachtsman George Archer Osgood. She was one of the fastest yachts in the [[Squadron (naval) | squadron]]. The ''Fleetwing'' was in the famous 1886 transatlantic ocean race for the [[New York Yacht Club]]. She came in 12th in an unsuccessful [[America’s Cup]] defense in 1870. |
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==Construction and service == |
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[[File:Phantom (schooner).jpg|thumb|Phantom centerboard schooner.]] |
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The ''Phantom'' was built in 1865 by [[J.B & J.D. Van Deusen |Joseph D. Van Deusen]] and owned by yachtsman George Archer Osgood brother of [[Franklin Osgood]]. George was a son-in-law of Commodore [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]].<ref name="Stephens">{{cite book |last=Stephens |first=William Picard |date=1904|title= American yachting. |place= |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t6qz3320w&view=1up&seq=105&q1=Fleetwing |page=90|access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref><ref name="Yachting">{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79395613/lhirondelle/ |title=The Yachting Season. |work=New York Daily Herald |place=New York, New York |date=27 May 1866 |page=8 |access-date=2021-06-11}}</ref> She was 112 tons burden, keel boat, and 106 length on deck; 24-foot beam and 10-feet depth of hold. |
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In September 1865, the ''Fleetwing'' was in a race with [[James Gordon Bennett Jr.| James G. Bennett]]'s yacht [[Henrietta (ship, 1861)|''Henrietta'']]. The course was from Sandy Hook around [[Cape May Lighthouse |Cape May Lightship ]] and back. The ''Fleetwing'' won by 1 hour and 19 minutes.<ref name="Scrapbook">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/yachtsmansscrapb00loubrich/page/n7/mode/2up |title=A yachtsman's scrap book: or, The ups and downs of yacht racing |date=1887|last=Loubat |first=Joseph Florimond |work=New York, Brentano Brothers}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79636489/yacht-race/ |
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|title=News Items. |work=East Saginaw Courier |place=East Saginaw, Michigan |date=27 Sep 1865|page=2|access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref> In October 1865, ''Fleetwing'' was defeated by the ''Vesta'' over the same course.<ref name="Yacht Clubs">{{cite book |last=Prerce |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofflagofu00preb/page/710/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Henrietta |title=History Of Flag Of The United States Of America And Of The Naval and Yacht-Club Signals, Seals, And Arms, And Principal National Songs OF The United States. |work=Houghton, Mifflin and Company |place=|date=1894|page=710|access-date=2021-06-10}}</ref> |
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In May 1866, ''Fleetwing'' underwent a complete overhaul to get ready for an ocean yacht race for a purse of $90,000. She got a new set of sails to prepare for the upcoming ocean regatta. She was one of the fastest yachts in the [[Squadron (naval) | squadron]].<ref name="Yachting"/> |
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===The great ocean yacht race=== |
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On Tuesday, December 11, 1866, in what was billed as the "Great Ocean Yacht Race", three wealthy American men, all members of the New York Yacht Club, took their yachts on a mid-winter transatlantic race across the Atlantic. The three yachts were the ''Vesta'' owned by [[Pierre Lorillard IV| Pierre Lorillard, Jr.]], the ''Fleetwing'' owned by George Osgood and the ''Henrietta'' owned and sailed by the 21-year-old yachtsman James Gordon Bennett Jr. Each yachtsman put up $30,000 in the winner-take-all wager. They started from the [[Sandy Hook Light]], during high [[Westerlies| westerly wind]]s and raced to [[The Needles]], the furthest westerly point of the [[Isle of Wight]] in the [[English Channel]], before reaching the [[Port| seaport]] [[Cowes]] on the Isle of Wight. On December 26th, Bennett's ''Henrietta'' won with a time of 13 days, 21 hours, 55 minutes, with Captain [[Samuel Samuels |Samuel S. Samuels]] as the skipper. The ''Fleetwing'' came in second and ''Vesta'' came in third, both boats took over 14 days to reach Cowes. The Fleetwing, with Captain Thomas in command, had eight of her twenty-two crew washed overboard in a westerly gale on December 20th. Six of them drowned.<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Winfield M. |date=1902|title=The Lawson History of the America's Cup. |place= Boston, Massachusetts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1Z3GFPbbEQC&pg=PA46 |page=46|access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79329081/yacht-race/ |title=The Ocean Yacht Race. |work=New York Daily Herald |place=New York, New York |date=15 Jan 1867|page=7|access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogs.marinersmuseum.org/object/CL18651 |title=Great Ocean Yacht Race Between The Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta |work= Mariners' Museum and Park |access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79578995/samuels/ |
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|title=St. Louis Represented in America-to-Spain Yacht Race |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |place=St. Louis, Missouri |date=27 May 1928|page=81|access-date=2021-06-14}}</ref><ref name="Stephens"/> |
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==1870 America's cup== |
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[[File:Great international yacht race, August 8, 1870- from the club house, Staten Island, around the S.W. Spit to and around the light ship and back, 40 miles LCCN2001704276.jpg|thumb|The [[1870 America's Cup]] yacht race, August 8, 1870.]] |
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On August 8, 1870, the international [[1870 America's Cup]] (also called the Queen's Cup) was the first America's Cup to be hosted in the United States at [[New York Harbor]]. George A. Osgood with his American schooner ''Fleetwing'' and his brother [[Franklin Osgood]]'s with his yacht [[Magic (yacht)|''Magic,'']] were in the competition. The course started from the [[Staten Island]] N.Y.Y.C anchorage down through the [[Narrows]] to the S.W. Split [[buoy]], across to the [[Sandy Hook Light| Sandy Hook lightship]] and return to Staten Island. The race was won by the Franklin Osgood's ''Magic'' with the ''Fleetwing'' finishing in 12th place. Franklin Osgood's yacht ''Magic'' beat 16 competitors from the [[New York Yacht Club]], including [[James Lloyd Ashbury]]'s English yacht [[Cambria (yacht)|''Cambria'']] that sailed to New York on behalf of the [[Royal Thames Yacht Club]] and the yachts [[Dauntless (ship, 1866)|''Dauntless,'']] ''Idler,'' ''Fleetwing,'' ''Phantom,'' [[America (yacht)|''America'']] and others.<ref>{{cite news |
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|title=The Yachts and the Coming Race; Visiting the Cambria, Dauntless and America--Arrangements for the Great Race on Monday Next--The Entries--The Course, &c. |date=4 August 1870|work=[[The New York Times]]|place=New York, New York|access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref> |
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<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1870/08/09/83469521.pdf |title=The Queen's Cup Race. The Prize Carried Away by the Magic.|date=9 August 1870 |journal=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |
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|title=Yachting. The Race For The Queen's Cup. |date=8 August 1870|work=[[The New York Herald ]]|place=New York, New York |date=8 Aug 1870|page=8|access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79653240/queens-cup-1870/ |title=1851-The Queen's Cup-1870. A Brilliant Day and Splendid Scene. |work=The New York Herald | place=New York, New York |date=9 Aug 1870|page=11|access-date=2021-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |
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|title=Yachting. Official Announcement of the Result of the great Race. |work=The New York Herald |place=New York, New York |date=11 Aug 1870|page=4 |access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref> |
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In 1884, The schooner yacht ''Fleetwing'' was owned by Robert Elliot, who rebuilt and lengthened her at [[Port Jefferson, New York]]. She was lengthened to 117 feet long.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79669959/elliot/ |title=Sails And Spars. Memorial Day Regatta at City Point. |work=The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 20 Apr 1884, Page 16}}</ref> |
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In 1903, the ''Fleetwing'' was owned by E. O. Mapes, of [[Minneapolis]] who sailed her to the West Indies. They left the yacht at [[Cienfuegos]], [[Cuba]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79630774/mapes/ |title=Of Interest to Yachtsmen. |work=New-York Tribune |place=New York, New York |date=16 Apr 1903|access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref> |
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==End of service== |
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In 1905, the ''Fleetwing'' adventures ended when she was laid up in [[Red Hook, Brooklyn |Erie Basin]] in Brooklyn. She was then bought by the [[American Baptist Home Mission Society]] and fitted as a gospel ship for religious work among the sailors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79654541/erie-basin/ |title=In Grim Erie Basin Graveyard for Ships. |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |place=Brooklyn, New York |date=24 Sep 1905|page=49|access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1905/06/26/archives/the-old-fleetwing-a-floating-church-baptist-home-mission-society.html |title=THE OLD FLEETWING A FLOATING CHURCH; Baptist Home Mission Society Buys the Ocean Racer. FOR WORK AMONG SAILORS A Sailor-Evangelist and a Converted Skipper in Charge -- She Was Second in the Race of '66. |work=The New York Times |place=New York, New York |date=June 26, 1905|page=2|access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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* [https://www.americascup.com/en/history America's Cup] |
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* [http://www.america-scoop.com/index.php/en/1870/1870-3/83-the-races-of-the-first-chalenge THE RACE OF THE FIRST CHALLENGE] |
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Revision as of 19:04, 16 June 2021
.jpg) Schooner Yacht Phantom by Nathaniel Stebbins.
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| Name | Phantom |
| Owner | H. G. & C.H. Stebbins |
| Builder | Joseph D. Van Deusen |
| Launched | 1865 |
| Homeport | New York City |
| Honors and awards | America’s Cup defense in 1870 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Schooner |
| Type | keel yacht |
| Tonnage | 112 tonnage burden |
| Length | 106 ft 0 in (32.31 m) on deck |
| Beam | 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) |
| Depth | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
| Propulsion | schooner sail |
| Sail plan | 2,208 sq ft (205.1 m2) sail area |
| Crew | twenty-two |
The Phantom was a 19th-century wooden yacht schooner, built in 1865 by Joseph D. Van Deusen and owned by yachtsman George Archer Osgood. She was one of the fastest yachts in the squadron. The Fleetwing was in the famous 1886 transatlantic ocean race for the New York Yacht Club. She came in 12th in an unsuccessful America’s Cup defense in 1870.
Construction and service
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The Phantom was built in 1865 by Joseph D. Van Deusen and owned by yachtsman George Archer Osgood brother of Franklin Osgood. George was a son-in-law of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.[1][2] She was 112 tons burden, keel boat, and 106 length on deck; 24-foot beam and 10-feet depth of hold.
In September 1865, the Fleetwing was in a race with James G. Bennett's yacht Henrietta. The course was from Sandy Hook around Cape May Lightship and back. The Fleetwing won by 1 hour and 19 minutes.[3][4] In October 1865, Fleetwing was defeated by the Vesta over the same course.[5]
In May 1866, Fleetwing underwent a complete overhaul to get ready for an ocean yacht race for a purse of $90,000. She got a new set of sails to prepare for the upcoming ocean regatta. She was one of the fastest yachts in the squadron.[2]
The great ocean yacht race
On Tuesday, December 11, 1866, in what was billed as the "Great Ocean Yacht Race", three wealthy American men, all members of the New York Yacht Club, took their yachts on a mid-winter transatlantic race across the Atlantic. The three yachts were the Vesta owned by Pierre Lorillard, Jr., the Fleetwing owned by George Osgood and the Henrietta owned and sailed by the 21-year-old yachtsman James Gordon Bennett Jr. Each yachtsman put up $30,000 in the winner-take-all wager. They started from the Sandy Hook Light, during high westerly winds and raced to The Needles, the furthest westerly point of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel, before reaching the seaport Cowes on the Isle of Wight. On December 26th, Bennett's Henrietta won with a time of 13 days, 21 hours, 55 minutes, with Captain Samuel S. Samuels as the skipper. The Fleetwing came in second and Vesta came in third, both boats took over 14 days to reach Cowes. The Fleetwing, with Captain Thomas in command, had eight of her twenty-two crew washed overboard in a westerly gale on December 20th. Six of them drowned.[6][7][8][9][1]
1870 America's cup
On August 8, 1870, the international 1870 America's Cup (also called the Queen's Cup) was the first America's Cup to be hosted in the United States at New York Harbor. George A. Osgood with his American schooner Fleetwing and his brother Franklin Osgood's with his yacht Magic, were in the competition. The course started from the Staten Island N.Y.Y.C anchorage down through the Narrows to the S.W. Split buoy, across to the Sandy Hook lightship and return to Staten Island. The race was won by the Franklin Osgood's Magic with the Fleetwing finishing in 12th place. Franklin Osgood's yacht Magic beat 16 competitors from the New York Yacht Club, including James Lloyd Ashbury's English yacht Cambria that sailed to New York on behalf of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and the yachts Dauntless, Idler, Fleetwing, Phantom, America and others.[10] [11][12][13][14]
In 1884, The schooner yacht Fleetwing was owned by Robert Elliot, who rebuilt and lengthened her at Port Jefferson, New York. She was lengthened to 117 feet long.[15]
In 1903, the Fleetwing was owned by E. O. Mapes, of Minneapolis who sailed her to the West Indies. They left the yacht at Cienfuegos, Cuba.[16]
End of service
In 1905, the Fleetwing adventures ended when she was laid up in Erie Basin in Brooklyn. She was then bought by the American Baptist Home Mission Society and fitted as a gospel ship for religious work among the sailors.[17][18]
References
- ^ a b Stephens, William Picard (1904). American yachting. p. 90. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ a b "The Yachting Season". New York Daily Herald. New York, New York. 27 May 1866. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ Loubat, Joseph Florimond (1887). A yachtsman's scrap book: or, The ups and downs of yacht racing.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "News Items". East Saginaw Courier. East Saginaw, Michigan. 27 Sep 1865. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ Prerce, Henry (1894). History Of Flag Of The United States Of America And Of The Naval and Yacht-Club Signals, Seals, And Arms, And Principal National Songs OF The United States. p. 710. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Thompson, Winfield M. (1902). The Lawson History of the America's Cup. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 46. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "The Ocean Yacht Race". New York Daily Herald. New York, New York. 15 Jan 1867. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ "Great Ocean Yacht Race Between The Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta". Mariners' Museum and Park. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "St. Louis Represented in America-to-Spain Yacht Race". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. 27 May 1928. p. 81. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "The Yachts and the Coming Race; Visiting the Cambria, Dauntless and America--Arrangements for the Great Race on Monday Next--The Entries--The Course, &c" (PDF). The New York Times. New York, New York. 4 August 1870. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "The Queen's Cup Race. The Prize Carried Away by the Magic" (PDF). The New York Times. 9 August 1870.
- ^ "Yachting. The Race For The Queen's Cup". The New York Herald . New York, New York. 8 Aug 1870. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "1851-The Queen's Cup-1870. A Brilliant Day and Splendid Scene". The New York Herald. New York, New York. 9 Aug 1870. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ "Yachting. Official Announcement of the Result of the great Race". The New York Herald. New York, New York. 11 Aug 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Sails And Spars. Memorial Day Regatta at City Point". The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 20 Apr 1884, Page 16.
- ^ "Of Interest to Yachtsmen". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. 16 Apr 1903. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "In Grim Erie Basin Graveyard for Ships". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. 24 Sep 1905. p. 49. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "THE OLD FLEETWING A FLOATING CHURCH; Baptist Home Mission Society Buys the Ocean Racer. FOR WORK AMONG SAILORS A Sailor-Evangelist and a Converted Skipper in Charge -- She Was Second in the Race of '66". The New York Times. New York, New York. June 26, 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
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