Flint Chapman (McDonald), Bath ME
Flint & Chapman was started in Damariscotta ME in 1840 by Benjamin Flint Chapman and his brother Isaac Flint Chapman. They moved the business to Thomaston in 1843 and to Bath in 1868, where they were joined in 1873 by James Flint Chapman. In Bath, they began building ships for their own shipping company, which was based in Brooklyn, and for W. R. Grace & Co., in which Benjamin's son, Charles, was a partner. (The Santa Clara built by Flint & Chapman is believed to have been the first of the many Santas operated by Grace Line.) In 1888, they split the company into two - Chapman & Co. and Flint & Co. - but continued to work as a team. Because the Chapmans spent most of their time attending to the shipping company, many of the boats they built are credited in the industry references as having been built by John McDonald, who was actually the yard's General Manager. The yard was located on the south side of Bath, near Marshall Street and adjacent to the Donnell yard, where the Maine Maritime Museum is today. If anyone has any corrections or additions to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 13 April 2016.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Feet | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Chapman & Flint | Bark | 280 | 1840 | ||||
| Miltiades | Chapman & Flint | Bark | 1846 | |||||
| Marmion | Chapman & Flint | Bark | 1847 | |||||
| Catherine | Chapman & Flint | Bark | 1847 | |||||
| Ionian | Chapman & Flint | Ship | 1849 | |||||
| William Stetson | Chapman & Flint | Ship | 1851 | |||||
| Oracle | Chapman & Flint | Ship | 1853 | Sold 1861 | ||||
| Isaac F. Chapman | Chapman & Flint | Ship | 1855 | |||||
| St. James | Chapman & Flint | Ship | 1856 | |||||
| Frank Flint | Chapman & Flint | Ship | 1857 | |||||
| St. Mark | Chapman & Flint | Ship | 1860 | |||||
| Oracle | Chapman & Flint | Ship | 1862 | |||||
| 23578 | St. Lucia | Chapman & Flint | Full Rigged Ship | 1,318 | 1868 | |||
| 23801 | St. Nicholas | Chapman & Flint | Full Rigged Ship | 1,798 | 1869 | |||
| 23891 | St. John | Chapman & Flint | Full Rigged Ship | 1,885 | 1870 | |||
| 5949 | C. R. Flint | Chapman & Flint | 4-masted Schooner | 266 | 1871 | |||
| W. R. Grace | Chapman & Flint | Full Rigged Ship | 1,893 | 1873 | Wrecked 1889 off Lewes DE | |||
| 16 | 92633 | St. Steven | Chapman & Flint | Full Rigged Ship | ||||
| 115300 | St. Paul | Chapman & Flint | Full Rigged Ship | 1,893 | 1874 | |||
| Leading Wind | W. A. Rust | Full Rigged Ship | 1,208 | 1874 | Later Fjord | |||
| 90784 | M. P. Grace | Full Rigged Ship | 1,928 | 1875 | Foundered 1906 off Shinnecock Light | |||
| 71047 | J. B. Newcomb | Taylor Bros. (Can) | 3-masted Bark | 811 | 1875 | Later Taurus, sank 1895 in Bay of Biscay | ||
| 115437 | Santa Clara | Chapman & Flint | Full Rigged Ship | 1,535 | 1876 | Still active 1915 | ||
| 115568 | St. David | Chapman & Flint | Full Rigged Ship | 1,595 | 1877 | Later a barge, wrecked 1917 | ||
| 71059 | Australia | Taylor Bros. (Can) | 3-masted Bark | 1,008 | 1878 | Later Emma, wrecked 1906 off Mobile AL | ||
| 91180 | Manuel Llaguno | Full Rigged Ship | 1,732 | 1879 | To USN 1917 as Washington (SP-1241), wrecked 1919 in the Ambrose Channel | |||
| L. Schepp | Neptune Line | Full Rigged Ship | 1879 | |||||
| E. B. Sutton | Neptune Line | Full Rigged Ship | 1881 | |||||
| 105984 | A. J. Fuller | Flint & Co. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,848 | 1881 | Sank 1918 in Elliott Bay WA | ||
| 100316 | I. F. Chapman | Neptune Line | Full Rigged Ship | 2,155 | 1882 | |||
| 115835 | St. Francis | Full Rigged Ship | 1,898 | 1882 | ||||
| S. B. Hitchcock | Neptune Line | Full Rigged Ship | 1883 | |||||
| 76381 | John McDonald | Full Rigged Ship | 2,281 | 1883 | ||||
| 115949 | St. James | Full Rigged Ship | 1,578 | 1883 | ||||
| 95828 | Henry B. Hyde | Full Rigged Ship | 2,583 | 1884 | Wrecked 1904 off Cape Henry VA | |||
| 106318 | A. G. Ropes | Full Rigged Ship | 2,342 | 1884 | Lost in storm 1913 off Barnegat NJ | |||
| 81094 | W. B. Flint | Libby, McNeill & Libby | Bark | 952 | 1885 | Laid up 1923 in Puget Sound, burnt 1935 | ||
| 106529 | Alice McDonald | 4-masted Schooner | 656 | 1888 | ||||
| 14489 | Kate S. Flint | 4-masted Schooner | 584 | 1889 | ||||
| 92072 | Myra B. Weaver | 4-masted Schooner | 524 | 1889 | Later Satisfaction | |||
| 116354 | S. D. Carleton | 3-masted Schooner | 1,882 | 1890 | Inactive 1914 ? | |||
| 116362 | St. Katharine | Red Salmon Packing | Bark | 1,201 | 1890 | |||
| 150552 | Pactolus | Naknak Packing | Bark | 1,673 | 1891 | Inactive 1927 |