Lotus (ship, 1918)

lotus

The lotus

Ship data flag  United States other ship names dickens lotus Miss Gloucester Ship type More beautiful home port Rochester

Ship dimensions and crew length 18.0 m ( Lüa ) width 3.7 m

Machine system machine Yanmar turbo diesel engine Machine performance 66 kW (90 PS)

Rigging and rigging Sail area 88 m²

The Lotus is a gaffelgetakelter saver with home port Rochester . The ship operated as "Sea Scout Ship 303" by Webster, New York of the Boy Scouts of America lies in Sodus Bay on Lake Ontario in Wayne County , New York .

history

The ship was designed by shipbuilding engineer William Hand Jr. in 1916 as a private yacht . This yacht was built in 1917 and completed and entered service in Rocky River , Ohio in 1918. At her baptism she was given the name Miss Gloucester . After the ship belonged to various private owners, it was bought by Ezra Hale and his partners in 1943. They changed the name to Lotus .

Ezra Hale and John Trahey donated the ship to the Otetiana Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 1971 as the Sea Explorer Ship (now Sea Scout Ship) 303.

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  Rear view of the Lotus 2007

Web links

Commons : Lotus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• SSS 303 Lotus
• The Lotus on the National Register of Historic Places , New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ( Java )