Instruction manual

Model Shipways Kit No. 2027
PHANTOM
New York Pilot Boat, 1868
By George F. Campbell, 1960
Updated Instruction Manual By Ben Lankford
Incorporating suggestions by model builder, Arthur Glaser
The Model Shipways plans for
Phantom were prepared in 1960 by Mr. George F. Campbell, who passed away
several years ago. Mr. Campbell was a noted British marine artist, author, naval architect, and historian. He was
a member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects. One of his most noteworthy publications is China Tea
Clippers. He also developed the drawings for the Cutty Sark restoration in England, developed the Model
Shipways kit of Rattlesnake, and authored Model Shipways’ model handbook, Neophyte Shipmodeler's Jackstay.
The Model Shipways plans for Phantom are based on hull lines provided by Howard I. Chapelle, taken from
a builder’s half-model in the Smithsonian Institute. Deck details and rigging are based on photo information
from the Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts.
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The Phantom and Pet, sister schooners, wer
e built in 1868-69 at the
Lawlor yar
d in East Boston, Massachusetts for the Boston por
t pilots.
Dennison J. Lawlor designed them, as is evident from his “trademarks”:
plumb stem, sharp entr
y, abrupt bilges amidship, very easy run, and drag
of keel. These characteristics persist over his long period of
successful designing.
Phantom was sold to the Sandy Hook (New Y
ork) pilots and operated
out of New Y
ork for several years. On Mar
ch 14, 1886, Phantom was the
first to aid the sinking British liner S. S. Oregon off the coast of Long
Island. Her cr
ew oversaw the orderly rescue of 852 people, 400 of whom
were aboard when she returned to port. At the time, she was listed as
New York Pilot Boat No. 11, displaying those numerals on her main sail.
She was lost in the Gr
eat Blizzar
d of Mar
ch, 1888. The boat keeper
,
cook, and four seamen went down with the ship.
A Brief History