Enchantress (pilot boat)
Pilot Boat Enchantress, painting by Conrad Freitag. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Enchantress |
| Namesake | The Enchantress |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Builder | Westervelt & McKay |
| Launched | November 14, 1851 |
| Out of service | March 13, 1888 |
| Fate | Sank |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 31-tons TM |
| Length | 59 ft 0 in (17.98 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) |
| Depth | 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Notes | Hull is black with a golden stripe |
The Enchantress was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1851 by John Maginn who named her after one of the cast in the opera The Enchantress. She was launched from the Westervelt & McKay shipyard. The Enchantress was one of the oldest pilot-boats in the service. She was Cornelius Vanderbilt's favorite pilot boat. The Enchantress went down with all hands in the Great Blizzard of 1888. The pilot boat James Stafford was built to replace her.