Deering & Donnell

Bath ME

Most recent update: October 3, 2020.

In 1860, William T. Donnell bought the Hitchcock shipyard, on Washington Street, near Marshall Street, where the Maine Maritime Museum is today, and began building ships. He was joined by Gardner Deering in 1866 and operated as Deering & Donnell until 1886, when Deering left and started his own business in the former Flint & Chapman yard, which was immediately next door. Donnell carried on on his own, bringing his son Harry into the business.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
Built by Deering & Donnell (1866-1886)
George Shepherd schooner 586 1873
W. S. Shepherd schooner 475 1873
Nimbus Leonard Walen schooner 1877
Reuben S. Hunt schooner 182 1879
135526 E. H. Cornell Benjamin W. Morse schooner 356 137 1881 lost off Antigua 1895
80903 William C. Greene schooner 868 131 1882
76423 Josiah R. Smith William T. Donnell schooner 704 167 1883 collision and sank 1895 off Vineyard Sound
80950 William T. Donnell William T. Donnell schooner 538 149 1883
155092 Oliver S. Barrett schooner 634 153 1884 capsized 1906
Malcolm B. Seavey schooner 1,051 wrecked 1913
Eliza Thomas Charles A. Thomas schooner 1885
Grover Cleveland schooner 1885
91766 Mabel Kennison schooner 82 80 1885
116097 Samuel Diloway schooner 739 170 1886
Built by William T. Donnell (1887-1891)
14465 Katie J. Barrett 4-masted schooner 967 191 1887 later Star of the Seas, lost off Islamorada FL 1911
86021 George A. McFadden 4-masted schooner 1,017 195 1888 wrecked 1910 on Diamond Shoals
126603 Clara A. Donnell 4-masted schooner 1,128 204 1889
92581 Mary E. H. G. Dow 4-masted schooner 1,265 208 1889
81276 William C. Tanner 4-masted schooner 1,034 191 1890 built by Donnell or by Deeringa Foundered 1909
106750 Addie P. McFadden 4-masted schooner 239 125 1890
86124 George P. Davenport 4-masted schooner 1,393 217 1891
100494 Independent 4-masted schooner 1,100 202 1891
141157 Leora M. Thurlow 4-masted schooner 214 107 1891
107211 Alice M. Colburn 4-masted schooner 1,603 225 1896 wrecked 1923 off Manchester MA
96539 Hockomock Peoples Ferry Co. ferry 153 76 1901 hull only, subcontract from BIW
Built by Gardner Deering (1887-1919)
76690 John C. Haynes G. G. Deering Co. 3-masted schooner 720 171 1887 collision and sank 1895
95978 Horatio L. Baker G. G. Deering Co. 3-masted schooner 829 180 1888
141016 Lydia M. Deering G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,063 205 1889 wrecked 1915 on the coast of Texas
76853 John S. Ames G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 963 188 1889
81276 William C. Tanner G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,033 191 1890 built by Deering or by Donnella Foundered 1909
81319 Wesley M. Oler G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,061 205 1891 wrecked 1902 off Cape Hatteras
76965 John S. Deering G. G. Deering Co. 3-masted schooner 478 147 1891 abandoned at sea 1906
136328 Edwin R. Hunt G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,132 192 1892 sunk by u-boat 1917 off Cabo da Gata, Spain
157389 David P. Davis G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,231 204 1893 collision and sank 1904 off Cape Hatteras
141401 Lewis H. Goward G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,191 206 1895
136575 Edward E. Briry G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,613 228 1896 foundered 1917 off Nantucket
96447 Henry O. Barrett G. G. Deering Co. 5-masted schooner 1,807 245 1899
93213 Mary F. Barrett G. G. Deering Co. 5-masted schooner 1,833 241 1901 scuttled 1901 in Georgetown
86663 Gardner G. Deering G. G. Deering Co. 5-masted schooner 1,982 252 1903 abandoned 1930s off West Brooksville ME
201637 Dorothy B. Barrett G. G. Deering Co. 5-masted schooner 2,088 259 1905 sunk by u-boat off NJ 1918
203423 Elisha Atkins G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,259 202 1906 later Anna M. Record
204876 William R. Wilson G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,385 214 1908 stranded 1912
206749 Mary Lincoln. Baxter G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,030 188 1909 NLD 1920
208276 Lydia McLellan Baxter G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,352 209 1911 NLD 1920
209055 Montrose W. Houck G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,104 191 1911 wrecked 1913 off the SE coast of the US
211433 Courtney C. Houck G. G. Deering Co. 5-masted schooner 1,627 219 1913 laid up 1940 and abandoned in Mill Cove ME
213944 Jerome Jones G. G. Deering Co. 5-masted schooner 1,891 250 1916 later Frank M. Deering, wrecked 1923 on Cobb Island MD
215165 Maude M. Morey G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,364 208 1917
216137 Harry G. Deering G. G. Deering Co. 4-masted schooner 1,342 211 1918
217838 Carroll A. Deering G. G. Deering Co. 5-masted schooner 2,114 255 1919 wrecked 1921 off Cape Hatteras

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