Lawrence and Foulks

Williamsburg and Greenpoint NY

Most recent update: May 24, 2016.

Herbert Lawrence and Thomas Foulks started this yard in 1852. Lawrence was the son of the Lawrence of an earlier shipbuilder, Lawrence & Sneden, while Foulks was a shipbuilder from England, who had already built a few ships under his own name. Initially, their yard was at the foot of Cherry Street, in Manhattan, but they moved it in 1854 to North Fifth Street, in Williamsburg, and again, in 1871, to the foot of Noble Street, in Greenpoint, where they remained until they closed in 1902. The table below is incomplete:

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
Built by Lawrence & Sneden in Manhattan, 1825-1850
Fanny steamer 126 1825 abandoned 1844
Napoleon steamer 136 1830 abandoned 1856
William Seabrook steamer 227 1831 captured 1861
Frank steamer 175 1835 abandoned 1861
New Haven steamer 342 1835 abandoned 1877
Highlander steamer 313 1835 abandoned 1864
18557 New York Union Ferry Co. ferry 304 1836 abandoned 1867
Arrow steamer 1837
Neptune steamer 745 1838 to USAQMD, stranded 1846 off Tampico
16109 Massachusetts steamer 308 1842 abandoned 1881
11476 Hero steamer 462 1845 foundered 1870
24369 Thomas Powell Thomas Powell et al steamer 585 1846 abandoned 1887
Fawn Sebago & Long Pond S.N. Co. steamer 80 1846 built in Bridgton ME
4897 Connecticut Curtis Peck steamer 1,129 1848 abandoned 1894
4433 Canonicus steamer 396 1849 to USAQMD 1863, burned 1894 in Port Richmond NY
North America Cornelius Vanderbilt steamer 1,440 1851 stranded 1852 off Las Ramidas, Mexico
Built by William Foulks in Manhattan, 1850-52
Catharine steamboat 65 1850 abandoned 1860
Mexican Govt. schooner 76 1851
Mexican Govt. schooner 76 1851
19913 Peter Crary Reuben Coffin and others tugboat 85 1852 later Hazel Kirke, Naiad, abandoned 1919
Built by Lawrence & Foulks in Manhattan, 1852-1854
Staten Island ferry ferry 500 1852
Greenpoint ferry ferry 1852
Houston Street ferry ferry 1852
Williamsburg ferry ferry 1852
Capt. Day steamship 1852
13167 Josephine Tompkinsville & Stapleton FC ferry 552 1852 Henry E. Bishop 1886, lost 1898
75214 Joseph Johnson Parks & Duvall tugboat 240 1852 abandoned 1872
steamer 1,300+ 1853
steamer 1,300 1853
steamer 1,300 1853
Peruvian Govt riverboat 120 1853
Peruvian Govt riverboat 80 1853
13157 J. S. Underhill tugboat 123 1853 burned 1878 in Wilmington NC
William H. Brown steamboat 450 1853
U.S. Government schooner 34 1853
Built by Lawrence & Foulks in Williamsburg, 1854-1871
Houston St. ferry ferry 1854
Henry Munsi A. O. Jackson tugboat 150 1854
Neptune Peter Crany steamboat 160 1854 sold foreign 1860
Surprise Edgar Wakeman steamer 456 1854 burned 1863 in the Yangtze River
Commonwealth Norwich & New London SB Co steamboat 1,732 1855 destroyed by fire at Groton CT 1865
E. H. White Fancher & McChesney lighter 100 1855
Catherine Street-Williamsburg ferry 550 1855
Catherine Street-Williamsburg ferry 550 1855
H. Delafield Henry Delafield brig 250 1855
Know Nothing NY & Williamsburgh SBC tugboat 300 1856
Corilla Johnson & Lowden bark 600 1856
John Faron steamship 251 1856 to USAQMD 1863
12751 James A. Stevens Palmer & Crary tugboat 150 1856 abandoned 1891
Peter Crary tugboat 100 1857
Roy, Coffin & Co tugboat 100 1857
Captain Porter steamer 300 1857
General Concha Spanish Govt. steamer 300 1857
General Serrano Spanish Govt. steamer 300 1857a
Spanish Govt. schooner 150 1858 for dredging Matanzas harbor
Spanish Govt. schooner 150 1858 for dredging Matanzas harbor
Spanish Govt. schooner 150 1858 for dredging Matanzas harbor
6562 De Soto Livingston, Crocheron & Co passenger freighter 1,675 1859 to USN 1861, sold 1868, burned 1870 near New Orleans LA
William Foulks Dallett & Bliss steamer 293 1859 sold to Venezuelan Navy, 1860
tender 1859 for the new fort at Sandy Hook
Oatey, Squires & Co tugboat 1859
ferry 60 1859
2551 Bienville Livingston, Crocheron & Co passenger freighter 1,558 1860 to USN 1861, sold 1867, burned 1872 in the Bahamas
20132 Thomas Freeborn Richard M. Squires tugboat 306 1860 to USN 1861, sold 1865
Flambeau Forbes & Co. steamer 791 1861 to USN 1861, sold 1865, wrecked 1867 at New Inlet NC
Isaac Smith Hamilton & Smith passenger freighter 453 1861 to USN 1861, captured 1863 and renamed Stono, wrecked 1863 near Fort Moultrie SC
Carey & Co. propeller 160 1862
Carey & Co. propeller 160 1862
Bronder & Borlis propeller 160 1862
D. S. Miller Hamilton & Smith propeller 593 1862
John S. Williams B. U. Crary propeller 170 1862 Little Orphan 1863, sold foreign 1866
86521 James F. Freeborn Richard Squires passenger freighter 335 1862 to USN 1863 as Nansemond, to USCG 1863 as W. H. Crawford, sold 1900 as General J. A. Dumont, burned 1914 at Severn Side MD
Paquette de Maule G. K. Stevenson & Co freighter 400 1862 to USN, captured and scuttled by Spain 1866
Tah Wah Govt. of China 590 1862 assembled in Yankin, China
13180 John L. Hasbrouck Hamilton & Smith propeller 710 1864 Marlboro 1900, scrapped 1917
5664 Chauncey Vibbard A. Van Santvoord steamboat 1,158 1864 scrapped 1902
4873 Clara Clarita Leonard Jerome yacht 231 1864 abandoned 1908
19201 Oriflamme Forbes & Co. schooner 1,225 1864 scrapped 1879
10496 Gen. J. K. Barnes Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co steamer 1,365 1864 foundered 1878 off Cape Hatteras
11460 Herman Livingston Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co steamer 1,314 1864 scrapped 1883
810 Albemarle Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co steamer 871 1865 barge 1882, schooner 1883, sank in squall 1885
11477 Hatteras Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co steamer 868 1865 Schooner barge 1882
21459 Raleigh Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co steamer 868 1865 burned 1867 off Charleston SC
21460 Rapidan Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co steamer 868 1865 disappeared 1886 en route to West Indies
Sze-Chuen Forbes & Co. steamer 1,090 1865 abandoned 1875
Kiang-Tsze Forbes & Co. steamer 1,100 1865 sold foreign 1877
Foong-Shuey Forbes & Co. steamer 1,930 1865 later Plymouth Rock, sold foreign 1877
Shan-Se Forbes & Co. steamer 1,095 1865 sold foreign 1877
17014 Manhattan American & Mexican SS Co steamer 1,337 1865 barge 1877, sank 1882
25660 Vera Cruz American & Mexican SS Co steamer 1,340 1865 stranded 1866 on Body Island NC
22811 Sleepy Hollow Lower Hudson SBC steamboat 745 1865 abandoned 1892
17012 Maspeth Nassau Ferry Co. ferry 431 1866 Fort Lee 1882, abandoned 1898
19219 Oregonian Oregon SNC steamship 2,200 1866 scrapped 1866
12343 Isaac Bell Old Dominion SSC steamship 1,500 1868 burned 1880 in Norfolk VA
23768 Sylvan Glen Harlem SBC ferry 350 1869 scrapped 1915
Mr. Cheeseborough yacht 100 1869
105094 Americus Norwalk Line steamboat 600 1870 later Myndert Starin, Newark
James G. Bennett pilot boat 1870
Built by Lawrence & Foulks in Greenspoint, 1871-1901
90288 Martha's Vineyard New Bedford & Nantucket SBC steamboat 515 1871 Keyport 1913, in collision 1917 and abandoned
tugboat 1871
9982 Farragut Fulton FC ferry 648 1871 iron hull by Continental Iron Works
9981 Fulton Fulton FC ferry 648 1871 iron hull by Continental Iron Works
95131 Harlem Morrisania SBC ferry 466 1872
90264 Morrisania Morrisania SBC ferry 420 1871
115840 Sylvan Dell Harlem & New York NC ferry 440 1872 sank 1919
90729 Midland NY Central RR ferry 402 1872 deleted 1910
6781 Day Star American SBC steamboat 682 1873
105291 Amos C. Barstow steamboat 268 1873
Fidelity Commissioners of Charities launch 1873 collision and sank in East River 1879
75537 Jane Mosely Long Island RRC steamer 800 1873
Jennie Stout F. Alexander & Son schooner 600 1873 sank in storm off Cape Hatteras 1875
Jessamine U.S. Revenue Service cutter 1873
85328 Governor Andrew Boston & Hingham SBC steamer 503 1874
City of Boston steamboat 1875 Deer Island prisoner transport
St. John's Guild steamboat 1875 floating hospital
Crystal Wave American SBC steamboat 700 1875
120265 Fanwood New Jersey Central RR ferry 1,300 1876
130176 Northampton Old Dominion SS Co passenger freighter 483 1880 burned at Norfolk 1898
Old Dominion SS Co launch 1881
196063 Albertina Red Bank Line steamboat 612 1882 burned 1932
120586 F. P. James NY & Coll. Pt Ferry Co. ferry 445 1884 later Bronx 1902, scrapped 1917
76574 Jacob H. Tremper passenger 571 1885 scrapped 1929
96029 Haarlaem NY & East River Ferry Co ferry 382 1889 Harlem 1922, abandoned 1927
3485 Bowery Bay Astoria Ferry Co. ferry 382 1890 Bouwery Bay 1922, abandoned 1931
126866 Clermont A. Van Santvoord yacht 259 1892

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