Varuna (pilot boat)
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The Varuna was a 19th-century Boston pilot boat, built by Montgomery & Howard at Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1890, for a group of Boston pilots. She was designed by yacht designer Edward Burgess, known for his America's Cup defenders. She was the first centerboard pilot-boat in operation in the Massachusetts Bay. The Varuna went out of service in 1912 because of the introduction of steam power into pilot-boats. She was later sold to Stephen Simmons to be used as a trading vessel between ports in the Spanish Main in 1913.
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Boston pilot boat Varuna, No. 6. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Varuna |
Namesake | Varuna the Vedic king |
Owner | Captain Thomas Cooper |
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Builder | Montgomery & Howard |
Launched | 8 May 1890 |
Out of service | 28 June 1913 |
Fate | Sold |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | schooner |
Tonnage | 90-tons TM[2] |
Length | 87 ft 0 in (26.52 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) |
Depth | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
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