Organisation Herreshoff Manufacturing Company (1878 - )

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The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island, builders of steam yachts, launches and torpedo boats was founded in 1878 by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848-1938), naval architect and mechanical engineer and John Brown Herreshoff (1841-1915), yacht designer.

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  • Mitman, C W and Swan, W V, 'Herreshoff, James Brown 1834-1930 and Herreshoff, John Brown 1841-1915', in Johnson, A and Malone, D (eds), Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 4, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1960, pp. 584-586. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'The Herreshoff Torpedo Boat', Engineering, vol. 27, 31 January 1879, pp. 93-94. Details
  • 'The Herreshoff torpedo boat', Engineering, vol. 28, 7 November 1879, p. 365. Details
  • 'The Herreshoff torpedo boats', Engineering, vol. 27, 13 June 1879, p. 506. Details
  • 'The Herreshoff boiler', Engineering, vol. 27, 7 February 1879, pp. 121-122. Details
  • 'The Herreshoff torpedo boat', Engineering, vol. 27, 31 January 1879, pp. 93-94. Details
  • 'The Herreshoff torpedo boat', Engineering, vol. 27, 10 January 1879, pp. 32-33. Details
  • 'The Herreshoff torpedo boats', Engineering, vol. 31, 11 March 1881, pp. 261-262. Details
  • 'A 28-knot Herreshoff yacht', The Engineer, vol. 64, 29 July 1887, p. 101. Details
  • 'Torpedo boat design', The Engineer, vol. 85, 28 January 1898, p. 88. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • 'Naval and Military Intelligence', The Times, 14 March 1879, p. 11. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Mitman, C W and Swan, W V, 'Herreshoff, James Brown 1834-1930 and Herreshoff, John Brown 1841-1915', in Johnson, A and Malone, D (eds), Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 4, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1960, pp. 584-586.

Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby