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Pilot boat Ambrose Snow No 2

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Pilot boat Ambrose Snow No 2

Marie-Lou Chatel
Nov 29, 2022
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The Ambrose Snow,, was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat, built in 1888 from the C. & R. Poillon shipyard, for a group of New York Pilots.

Photographer © Detroit Publishing Co - Library of Congress LC-DIG-ds-4a21342

On 13 May 1912, the pilot-boat Ambrose Snow, No. 2, sank after being struck by the Clyde line freighter Delaware, in the main ship channel in the Lower Bay of the New York Harbor in dense fog. There were no deaths. The Snow was raised and reentered pilot service.

2022 © Marie-Lou Chatel Restored & Colorized. No automation in the process of restoration and colorization B&W photo. Work with a pen on a graphic tablet, evolution of the high resolution image by layers, choice and assembly of colors by the author of the work.

A suit for collision was filed by the New York Sandy Hook Pilots' Association and owner of the pilot-boat Ambrose Snow in the New York district court on April 15, 1913, against the steamship Delaware, of the Clyde Steamship Company. The verdict was against the pilot-boat for going across the course of the steamer, instead of maintaining her course as required by pilot rules.

On 11 March 1915, the Ambrose Snow, No. 2, was one of only five remaining boats patroling the port of New York. They were the Ambrose Snow, No. 2, the Trenton, No. 4, the Washington, No. 5, the New York and the New Jersey pilot-boats.

General characteristics: Class and type: schooner Tonnage:140-tons TM Length: 92 ft 0 in (28.04 m) Beam: 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m) Depth:10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) Propulsion: Sail.

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Hubert Parry - Symphony No.3 in C-major "The English" (1889)


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