Caritas (yacht)

History
 United StatesUnited States
Name:
  • Caritas (original)
  • LYNIE JANE (As of March 2016)
Namesake: Caritas Island
Builder: George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Laid down: 1922
Completed: 1922
Homeport: New York, New York
Identification: 222064 / MDNK
Fate: Refit in 2004, available for charter
General characteristics
Type: Yacht
Tonnage:
Length: 98 ft (30 m)
Beam: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft: 6 ft (1.8 m)
Depth of hold: 11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 × screws
Speed: 12 mph (10 kn; 19 km/h)
Complement: 8

Caritas was a private power yacht constructed in 1922 for sugar magnate J. Percy Bartram, a member of the New York Yacht Club. Launched at the shipyards of George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Boston Massachusetts, designed by Cox & Stevens naval architects, New York.[1]

The deckhouse, pilot house and all exterior brightwork were made out of teak wood. Furnishings and equipment on Caritas were worthy of being classed among the handsomest and most luxurious yachts of the time. Caritas was powered with a pair of 125 hp Winton gasoline engines and a speed of 12 mph. [2]

She would later be known as Merdonia, Spitfire, Lockwood, Largo, and Aleta.[3]

References

  1. Annual Fifty-First Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (PDF) (Report). Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation. 1922.
  2. ""Caritas" Launched at Boston". The Motor Boat: Devoted to All Types of Power Craft, Volume 19, Part 1. January 10, 1922. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  3. Colton, Tim (11 December 2015). "George S. Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA". Shipbuilding History. www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

External Links

Info Page for Motor Yacht LYNIE JANE by George Lawley & Son Corp

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