Northern Light (pilot boat)

Yacht Northern Light in Boston Harbor (painting by Fitz Henry Lane.
History
United States
NameNorthern Light
Owner
Operator
  • William P. Winchester (yacht)
  • John Borden (pilot-boat)
Builder
Launched
  • 1839 (yacht)
  • 1927 (pilot-boat)
Out of service
  • March 14, 1850 (yacht)
  • 1941 (pilot-boat)
Fate
  • Sank (yacht)
  • Sold (pilot-boat)
General characteristics
Class and typeschooner
Tonnage
  • 70-tons TM (yacht)[1]
  • 300-tons TM (pilot boat)[2]
Length
  • 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) (yacht)
  • 123 ft 6 in (37.64 m) (pilot boat)
Beam17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) (yacht)
Depth7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) (yacht)
Propulsion
  • Sail (yacht)
  • Sail and smi-Diesel engine (pilot boat)

The Northern Light was a 19th-century yacht, built in 1839 at the Whitemore & Holbrook shipyard for Colonel William P. Winchester, a Boston merchant. She was designed by Louis Winde, an early yacht designer and shipbuilder. She sank en route to California in 1850. A second Northern Light, was built in 1927 and bought by the Boston Pilots' Association to serve as a pilot-boat from 1934 to 1941. She was sold to the United States Army in 1941 to serve in the war effort during World War II.

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