HENRIETTA
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:21 pm
HENRIETTA. Schooner. Built in 1866. L 10T. She is shown differently rigged on the Eynhallow stamp compared to the Paraguay stamp - Eynhallow 1979. 1 p. NC. Paraguay 1968. 50g. NC (LB8/155. 9176)
HENRIETTA, a 170-ton schooner, was built in 1861 as a yacht for James Gordon Bennett, Jr. He loaned her to the U.S. Treasury Department's Revenue Marine soon after the outbreak of the Civil War and served as her Commanding Officer when she was placed in service in June 1861. HENRIETTA cruised off Long Island, New York, for several months and by February 1862 had gone south to Port Royal, South Carolina. In early March she participated in the capture of Fernandina, Florida. HENRIETTA, and her wealthy skipper, returned to civilian life in May 1862. In December 1866, well after the Civil War had ended, Bennett sailed her in a transatlantic race, which they won with a passage of 13 days, 22 hours.
When a revenue cutter she was armed with 3 guns.
The American schooners VESTA, HENRIETTA and FLEETWING cross the Atlantic Ocean from Sandy Hook to the Needles, Isle of Wight in the first organised offshore race. The Henrietta, owned by 21-year-old James Gordon Bennett, Jr., and captained by Samuel S. Samuels won the race in 13 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes.
Fate: unknown.
The stamp shows part of the FLEETWING (left), in front of her the VESTA and on the right of the stamp the HENRIETTA.
The yacht in the upper stamp not identified.
Source: Wikipedia