Caritas (yacht) explained
Caritas was a private power
yacht constructed in 1922 for sugar magnate J. Percy Bartram, a member of the
New York Yacht Club. Launched at the shipyards of George Lawley & Son at
Neponset, Boston, Massachusetts, it was designed by the naval architect firm Cox & Stevens of New York.
[1] The deckhouse, pilot house, and all exterior brightwork were made out of teak wood. Furnishings and equipment on Caritas were worthy of being classed among the handsomest and most luxurious yachts of the time. Caritas was powered with a pair of 125 hp Winton gasoline engines and a speed of 12 mph.[2]
She would later be known as Merdonia, Spitfire, Lockwood, Largo, and Aleta.[3]
External links
Notes and References
- Annual Fifty-First Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States . Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation . 1922.
- . 'Caritas' Launched at Boston. The Motor Boat: Devoted to All Types of Power Craft, Volume 19, Part 1 . January 10, 1922 . September 23, 2015 .
- Web site: George S. Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA . Shipbuilding History . 11 December 2015 . 4 March 2016 . Colton, Tim . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191445/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/6yachtsmall/lawley.htm . 5 March 2016 . dead .
