Widgeon (pilot boat)

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Widgeon_(pilot_boat) an entity of type: Thing

The Widgeon was a 19th-century yacht and Sandy Hook pilot boat, built in 1855 by James R. & George Steers for Daniel Edgar of the New York Yacht Club and designed by George Steers. She came in 17th in an unsuccessful America’s Cup defense in 1870. Widgeon was sold in 1871 to a group of New York pilots to replace the John D. Jones, which sank in a collision with the steamer City of Washington. New York pilots condemned the Widgeon as unseaworthy in 1879, which sparked a fight for steam pilot-boat service. In 1883 a decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court and the Board of Commissioners of Pilots that pilot boats could be "propelled" by steam. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Widgeon (pilot boat)
rdf:langString Widgeon
xsd:integer 66042473
xsd:integer 1092802268
rdf:langString America’s Cup defense in 1870
rdf:langString *Peter R. Baillie *Jas. Robertson
rdf:langString James R. & George Steers
rdf:langString New York pilot boat Widgeon, No. 10, off Sandy Hook; Painting by William Gay Yorke.
rdf:langString United States
rdf:langString Widgeon pilot boat.jpg
xsd:date 1856-01-01
rdf:langString Widgeon
xsd:integer 1879
rdf:langString * Daniel Edgar * William Edgar * C.C. Dodge * G.G. Haven * Franklin Osgood * Lloyd Phoenix * Jas. Robertson * New York Pilots ** Gideon L. Mapes ** Ralph Noble ** George S. Cisco ** W. H. Anderson ** Peter H. Bailey
rdf:langString Sail
xsd:integer 50
rdf:langString The Widgeon was a 19th-century yacht and Sandy Hook pilot boat, built in 1855 by James R. & George Steers for Daniel Edgar of the New York Yacht Club and designed by George Steers. She came in 17th in an unsuccessful America’s Cup defense in 1870. Widgeon was sold in 1871 to a group of New York pilots to replace the John D. Jones, which sank in a collision with the steamer City of Washington. New York pilots condemned the Widgeon as unseaworthy in 1879, which sparked a fight for steam pilot-boat service. In 1883 a decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court and the Board of Commissioners of Pilots that pilot boats could be "propelled" by steam.
<millimetre> 24384.0
xsd:nonNegativeInteger 17530
xsd:double 24.384
xsd:double 5.7912
xsd:date 1856-01-01

data from the linked data cloud