History | |
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United States | |
Name | Helen Miller Gould |
Builder | Captain G. Melvin McClain & John Bishop, Gloucester, Massachusetts |
Cost | $22,000 |
Launched | March 29, 1900 |
Fate | Destroyed by fire October 25, 1901 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 149 |
Height | Main Mast 80 ft (24 m) |
Propulsion | Sails until 1900 when equipped with an engine |
Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Notes |
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The Helen Miller Gould was a short-lived mackerel fishing schooner. As the first large schooner fitted with an auxiliary engine, she was representative of the shift from sail to engine power.