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 | |