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George Lawley & Son was a shipbuilding firm operating in Massachusetts from 1866 to 1945. It began in Scituate, then moved to Boston. After founder George Lawley (1823–1915) retired in 1890, his son, grandson and great-grandson upheld the business, which continued until 1945.
In 1995 the company was appointed by the class association as the official builder for the Uffa Fox-designed Day Sailer. [3] [4] In 2022 the company was producing ten designs: the Cape Cod Mercury 15, Herreshoff Bull's Eye, Herreshoff 12½, Day Sailer, Rhodes 18, Herreshoff Goldeneye, Marlin Heritage 23, Raven 25, Atlantic and the Shields. [5]
Pages in category "Ships built in Massachusetts" ... Belisarius (1781 ship) C. USS Cambridge (CA-126) Columbia Rediviva; H. Harriet (1809 ship) I. Indian (1814 ship) M.
The ship George was 110 feet 10 inches (33.78 m) by 27 feet 10 inches (8.48 m) by 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 m), displaced 328 short tons (298 t), and was designed somewhat like a Baltimore clipper. Built at Salem for a privateer in 1814, she was purchased by Mr. Peabody for US$5,250.
Each ship was built from fifteen or more species of wood carefully pieced together where the special properties of each would do the most good. Curtis was the youngest child of Elijah and Rachel (Clapp) Curtis. He was born on December 26, 1800, in Scituate, Massachusetts. In 1819, at the age of 18, he moved to Medford and began an ...
A research team in New Jersey has discovered the remains of a steamship that went missing in 1856. The Atlantic Wreck Salvage (AWS), which uses the D/V Tenacious vessel for its searches, shared in ...
White Swallow left New York in 1865 under Captain Elijah E. Knowles in "rum shape with rag-tag rigging"—in poor condition. [2]On February 2, 1866, the New York Times reported: "The crew of the clipper-ship White Swallow, just arrived from New-York, have been arrested for mutiny while off the coast of South America."
A French ship that sank following an 1856 collision while on its maiden voyage has been found off the Massachusetts coast, according to a report. For nearly 170 years, Le Lyonnais lay at the ...