Feiseen
![]() Feiseen at sea in 1893.
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History | |
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Name | Feiseen |
Owner | William B. Cogswell |
Commissioned | 1893 |
Maiden voyage | 1893 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 13 tons |
Length | 78 ft 9 in (24.00 m) |
Beam | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) |
Draft | 3 ft 1 in (0.94 m) |
Installed power | 600 hp (450 kW) |
Propulsion | Quadruple expansion steam engine |
Speed | 31.6 mph (27.5 kn) |
Feiseen was a 78 feet 9 inches (24.00 m) long steam yacht built in 1893 which set the water speed record on 25 August 1893 with a speed of 31.6 mph (27.5 kn).
History[]
Feiseen was a 78 feet 9 inches (24.00 m) long steam yacht built in 1893 under William B. Cogswell's commission and designed by William Gardner and Charles Mosher. It displaced 13 tons and was powered by a quadruple expansion steam engine which could output 600 horsepower (450 kW).[1]
On 25 August 1893, Feiseen outpaced the Monmouth in a 7.25-mile race to break the water speed record with a speed of 31.6 mph (27.5 kn), previously held by the Adler.[2]
On 1 November 1893, the Brazilian government purchased Feiseen for an estimated cost of $20,000 (equivalent to $576,074 in 2020).[3] She had 9 feet added to her length, was renamed to Inhanduay and converted into a torpedo boat to be stationed on the Nictheroy.[4][5][6]
References[]
- ^ "Yachts Built by Wood" (PDF). International Yacht Restoration School. 2006. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "The Feiseen's Flight". The Wilkes-Barre Record. 28 August 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 10 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Six More Ships for Brazil". The New York Times. 1 November 1893. p. 1. Retrieved 10 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yachts and Yachtsmen". The Boston Globe. 19 November 1893. p. 10. Retrieved 10 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Some of the crew of the Nictheroy return". The Brooklyn Citizen. 21 January 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilson, Herbert Wringley (1896). Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895. Little, Brown Book Group. p. 41.
- Steam yachts
- Water speed records