Frank S. Bowker & Sons, Phippsburg ME
Frank Bowker was actually the second generation of Bowkers building ships in Phippsburg, but the first to get the business organized. Starting in 1890, he and his sons built (number unknown) ships over the next 30 years, including some of the finest American four-masters. Their first yard was at the junction of Stoney Brook Road and Highway 209, an impossible location from which they soon moved to deeper water near Phippsburg Center. If anyone has any corrections or additions to this table, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 11 May 2016.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Feet | Delivery | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81300 | John L. Martino | Schooner | 257 | 1890 | ||||
| 106788 | Abbie Bowker | Schooner | 191 | 1890 | ||||
| 81300 | Winneganee | Schooner | 257 | 1890 | ||||
| 96126 | Henry H. Chamberlain | Schooner | 245 | 1891 | ||||
| 81383 | William H. Davenport | Schooner | 256 | 1892 | ||||
| 77113 | James H. Dudley | Schooner | 367 | 1893 | Later Griffin | |||
| 107121 | Abenaki | Schooner | 176 | 1894 | ||||
| 77432 | John W. Dana | Schooner | 556 | 1900 | ||||
| 96479 | Henry Weller | Schooner | 400 | 1900 | ||||
| 117018 | Seguin | Schooner | 405 | 1901 | ||||
| 201550 | Persis A. Colwell | Schooner | 516 | 1901 | ||||
| 93306 | Madeleine | Schooner | 463 | 1902 | ||||
| 200202 | Georgia D. Jenkins | Schooner | 471 | 1903 | ||||
| 200501 | Fred W. Ayer | Schooner | 387 | 1903 | ||||
| 157690 | Doris | Schooner | 382 | 1903 | ||||
| 203581 | Herbert May | Schooner | 384 | 1906 | ||||
| 204717 | Horace M. Bickford | Schooner | 503 | 1907 | ||||
| 204138 | Antoinette | Schooner | 299 | 1907 | ||||
| 205748 | Frank B. Witherbee | Schooner | 504 | 1908 | ||||
| 206365 | Richard W. Clark | Schooner | 503 | 1909 | ||||
| 206985 | G. J. Cherry | Schooner | 533 | 1909 | ||||
| 208109 | William E. Litchfield | Edward M. Baird | Schooner | 542 | 1910 | |||
| 209252 | Edward R. Smith | Schooner | 565 | 1911 | ||||
| 210477 | Edwin G. Farrar | Schooner | 556 | 1912 | ||||
| 211701 | William M. Chritchett | Schooner | 544 | 1913 | ||||
| 212549 | Albert H. Willis | Schooner | 567 | 1914 | ||||
| 213574 | George S. Smith | Schooner | 577 | 1915 | ||||
| 214337 | James M. W. Hall | Henry M. Wilkie | Schooner | 572 | 1916 | |||
| 215762 | Alice M. Kafka | Schooner | 686 | 1917 | Later Friend Ship | |||
| 214695 | Margaret L. Roberts | Schooner | 535 | 1917 | ||||
| 217215 | John R. Fox | Schooner | 741 | 1918 | ||||
| 218561 | Mary Stuart | Schooner | 726 | 1919 | ||||
| 219469 | Amelia Zeman | Schooner | 738 | 1920 | ||||
| 221436 | Laura Annie Barnes | Schooner | 698 | 1921 | ||||
| Auburn | Schooner | |||||||
| Julia B. Cole | Schooner | |||||||
| Kate Fiore | Schooner |