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|Ship caption=Pilot Boat E. C. Knight off [[Cape May]], [[New Jersey]] |
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|Ship owner= Delaware River Pilots |
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|Ship name=Edward C. Knight |
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|Ship builder = C & R Poilon |
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|Ship original cost=$17,000 |
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|Ship launched=August 12, 1875 |
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|Ship tonnage=88 [[Thames Measurement|TM]]<!--using Custom House not tons burden --> |
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The '''''Edward C. Knight''''' was a 19th-century [[pilot boat]] built in 1875 for the [[Delaware]] [[maritime pilot]]s. She was the finest pilot-boat belonging to the Pennsylvania pilots. It was on the E. C. Night that a 16 year boy was drowned at sea off [[Cape May]], [[New Jersey]]. Captain Ellis Eldridge |
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==Construction and service == |
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On August 12, 1875, the pilot-boat ''Edward C. Knight'' was launched from the C & R Poilon shipyward at the foot of Bridge Street, [[Brooklyn, New York]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1875-08-12/ed-1/seq-10/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=2&words=boat+Knight+pilot&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=%22pilot+boat+Knight%22&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|title=Launch|work=The New York Herald|date=1875-08-12|page=10|access-date=2020-10-05}}</ref> She was built for the Delaware fleet at a cost of $17,000.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014805/1875-07-26/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&index=1&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=boat+C+Edward+Knight+pilot+pilot-boat&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=%22pilot+boat+Edward+C.+Knight%22&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Pilot Boats].</ref>From 1876-1900, the ''E. C. Knight'' owners were the Delaware River Pilots. She is 85.2 feet long, 68-tons; her hailing port is Philadelphia.<ref name="Mysticseaport"/> Captain Eldridge was commander of the pilot boat E. C. Knight, of the Delaware Breakwater Squadron.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1875-10-15/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=5&words=boat+Knight+pilot&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=%22pilot+boat+Knight%22&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Resolute's Run].</ref> |
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On January 3, 1877, the pilot-boat E. C. Knight, No. 2, of Philadelphia, came to New York port for repairs to a mainboom and steering gear. She was caught in a heavy gale and unable to proceed to Philadelphia because of ice in the Delaware river.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1877-01-06/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=8&words=Boat+Knight+Pilot&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=%22pilot+boat+Knight%22&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Maritime Miscellany].</ref><br> Later that year, in early October, she helped rescue the passangers and crew of the steamer Mngnolia, that was sinking off [[Cape Hatteras]]. |
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On December 27, 1879, off Cape May on a freezing morning, apprentice 16 year old Joseph Gregory was knocked overboard and drowned by the boom of the pilot-boat E. C. Night. Every effort to rescue him was unsuccessful. |
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<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/52222884/?terms=E.%2BC.%2BKnight Joseph Gregory].</ref> On Gregory's tombstone is the inscription: “Lost off Pilot Boat E.C. Knight.”<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7811368 Pilots of the Bay and River Delaware and Lewes lore by James E. Marvil].</ref> |
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In 1882, the Pilot boats ''Knight'' of the Pennsylvania pilots and ''Bayard'' of the Delaware service raced for the steamship ''Indiana''. The Knight, with pilot Ellis Eldridge, got there first and put Eldrige on board the ''Indiana''. She was the finest pilot-boat belonging to the Pennsylvania pilots.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/488903520/?terms=%22pilot%2Bboat%2BKnight%22|title=Pilots Boats Racing. An Exciting Chase for the Steamship Indiana|work=Cherryvale Globe and Torch|place=Cherryvale, Kansas|date=1882-10-20|access-date=2020-08-05}}</ref> |
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In October, 1886, the Pennsylvania pilot boat Edward C. Knight was in collision at the Delaware Breakwater.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/52217524/?terms=%22pilot%2Bboat%2BEdward%2BC.%2BKnight%22 Maritime Notes]</ref> |
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On August 26, 1893, the Knight rescued two members of the crew of the sinking Relief Ship No. 37 near the Five Fathom Bank Lightship.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/160039710/ Notes of the Storm at Lewes].</ref> |
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She was registered with the Index to Ship Registers from 1876 to 1879 with Captain J. B. Lockman as master and the N. Y. Pilots as the owners.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l0179721879/826/|title=Index to Ship Registers, 1879|work=Mystic Seaport Museum|place=New York|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> From 1881 to 1882 she was registered with H. L. Gurney and the owners were the Boston Pilots.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l0179721882/739//|title=Index to Ship Registers, 1882|work=Mystic Seaport Museum|place=New York|access-date=2020-10-01}}</ref> |
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==End of service== |
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On September 11, 1898, the pilot boat E. C. Knight was sold to the Brunswick Pilots' Association of Georgia for $2,800 by her current owners Pilots' Association for Delaware.<ref>https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1898-09-11/ed-1/seq-15/#date1=1789&sort=date&rows=20&words=boat+C+E+Knight+pilot&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=12&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=%22pilot+boat+E.+C.+Knight%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 Local and General News Of Ships and Shipping].</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of Northeastern U. S. Pilot Boats]] |
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==External links== |
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== References == |
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{{List of Northeastern U. S. Pilot Boats}} |
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Revision as of 18:08, 6 October 2020
 Pilot Boat E. C. Knight off Cape May, New Jersey
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| History | |
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| Name | Edward C. Knight |
| Owner | Delaware River Pilots |
| Builder | C & R Poilon |
| Cost | $17,000 |
| Launched | August 12, 1875 |
| Fate | Sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 88 TM |
| Length | 73 ft 6 in (22.40 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
| Depth | 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
The Edward C. Knight was a 19th-century pilot boat built in 1875 for the Delaware maritime pilots. She was the finest pilot-boat belonging to the Pennsylvania pilots. It was on the E. C. Night that a 16 year boy was drowned at sea off Cape May, New Jersey. Captain Ellis Eldridge
Construction and service
On August 12, 1875, the pilot-boat Edward C. Knight was launched from the C & R Poilon shipyward at the foot of Bridge Street, Brooklyn, New York.[1] She was built for the Delaware fleet at a cost of $17,000.[2]From 1876-1900, the E. C. Knight owners were the Delaware River Pilots. She is 85.2 feet long, 68-tons; her hailing port is Philadelphia.[3] Captain Eldridge was commander of the pilot boat E. C. Knight, of the Delaware Breakwater Squadron.[4]
On January 3, 1877, the pilot-boat E. C. Knight, No. 2, of Philadelphia, came to New York port for repairs to a mainboom and steering gear. She was caught in a heavy gale and unable to proceed to Philadelphia because of ice in the Delaware river.[5]
Later that year, in early October, she helped rescue the passangers and crew of the steamer Mngnolia, that was sinking off Cape Hatteras.
On December 27, 1879, off Cape May on a freezing morning, apprentice 16 year old Joseph Gregory was knocked overboard and drowned by the boom of the pilot-boat E. C. Night. Every effort to rescue him was unsuccessful.
[6] On Gregory's tombstone is the inscription: “Lost off Pilot Boat E.C. Knight.”[7]
In 1882, the Pilot boats Knight of the Pennsylvania pilots and Bayard of the Delaware service raced for the steamship Indiana. The Knight, with pilot Ellis Eldridge, got there first and put Eldrige on board the Indiana. She was the finest pilot-boat belonging to the Pennsylvania pilots.[8]
In October, 1886, the Pennsylvania pilot boat Edward C. Knight was in collision at the Delaware Breakwater.[9]
On August 26, 1893, the Knight rescued two members of the crew of the sinking Relief Ship No. 37 near the Five Fathom Bank Lightship.[10]
She was registered with the Index to Ship Registers from 1876 to 1879 with Captain J. B. Lockman as master and the N. Y. Pilots as the owners.[11] From 1881 to 1882 she was registered with H. L. Gurney and the owners were the Boston Pilots.[12]
End of service
On September 11, 1898, the pilot boat E. C. Knight was sold to the Brunswick Pilots' Association of Georgia for $2,800 by her current owners Pilots' Association for Delaware.[13]
See also
External links
References
- ^ "Launch". The New York Herald. 1875-08-12. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ Pilot Boats.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Mysticseaportwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The Resolute's Run.
- ^ Maritime Miscellany.
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/52222884/?terms=E.%2BC.%2BKnight Joseph Gregory].
- ^ Pilots of the Bay and River Delaware and Lewes lore by James E. Marvil.
- ^ "Pilots Boats Racing. An Exciting Chase for the Steamship Indiana". Cherryvale Globe and Torch. Cherryvale, Kansas. 1882-10-20. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ Maritime Notes
- ^ Notes of the Storm at Lewes.
- ^ "Index to Ship Registers, 1879". Mystic Seaport Museum. New York. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ "Index to Ship Registers, 1882". Mystic Seaport Museum. New York. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1898-09-11/ed-1/seq-15/#date1=1789&sort=date&rows=20&words=boat+C+E+Knight+pilot&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=12&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=%22pilot+boat+E.+C.+Knight%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 Local and General News Of Ships and Shipping].