Frank Wiley's ship model

Frank Wiley's ship model

Frank Wiley's ship model; probably model of Belfast built barkentine Doris 1953 Robert Applebee listing: DORIS, Barkentine, Baltimore, Official No. 157401, 944/897 tons, 181.1' long x 36.8' beam x 17.1' depth, Billet head, Elliptical stern. Built: Belfast, Maine, 1894 by McDonald & Brown Owners: C. Morton Stewart and others 1894-01. From THE MORNING HERALD, Baltimore Thursday, June 28, 1894 The Doris is here. C. Morton Stewart & Co.'s new four-masted barkentine, built at Bath (incorrect - built at Belfast at the McDonald & Brown Shipyard), Me., came into port yesterday morning in tow of the tug Peerless. The new Rio trader, in almost every detail, is like the four-masted barkentine Josephine, of the same fleet. She is a beauty, and is as clean as a new pin. Yesterday as she lay at her pier she was the center of attraction, and was visited by a large number of people, including her owners. The Doris had a brand new American flag floating from her color spar, and the sails on her yards looked as white as milk. Captain Bonne's quarters and the cabin are quite luxuriously furnished. The cabin floor is covered with handsome velvet carpet, and the surroundings generally are decidedly more elaborate than in any of the other vessels engaged in the coffee trade. Curtains and rich tapestries are at each window and door, and the furniture is in keeping with the other appointments of the cabin. On one side of the cabin hangs a painting of Miss Sallie Durham, who christened the ship when she took to the water. Col. Eugene McDonald, one of the builders of the new vessel, and Frank Wiley came down from Maine aboard the barkentine. Attached to the Doris is a pretty little steam launch, which is quite a novelty in the merchant marine. The people of the Stewart Line are now discussing the merits of the Josephine and the Doris as to sailing qualities. A strong rivalry is bound to spring up between the two vessels. The Josephine is a very fast sailor and to beat her the Doris will have to do some remarkably quick work on her voyages to and from Rio. The dimensions of the craft have been published in the Morning Herald heretofore.