Edmund Blunt (pilot boat)

Pilot boats Williams, Bateman, and Edmund Blunt, c. 1890.
History
United States
Name	Edmund Blunt
Namesake	Edmund March Blunt, author, and publisher of nautical magazines
Owner	New York pilots: Abraham Jones, Josiah Johnson, Jr., Frank Penay, Louis Samson[1]: p55
Operator	Josiah Johnson, Jr. Abraham Jones[2]
Builder	Edward F. Williams
Launched	August 18, 1858
Out of service	February 1, 1896
Homeport	New York
Fate	Sold
General characteristics
Class and type	Schooner
Displacement	56 tons TM
Length	84 ft 0 in (25.60 m)
Beam	20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Draught	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Propulsion	sails
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged

Edmund Blunt was a 19th-century New York pilot boat built in 1858 by Edward F. Williams for the New York Pilots. She helped transport New York City maritime pilots between inbound or outbound ships coming into the New York Harbor. She survived the Great Blizzard of 1888. In the age of steam, the Blunt along with other pilot boats, were replaced with steamboats. She was built to replace the Jacob L. Westervelt, which sank in 1857.