Lawrence & Foulks

Lawrence & Foulks, Williamsburg and Greenpoint NY

Herbert Lawrence and Thomas Foulks started this yard in 1852. Lawrence was the son of the Lawrence of an earlier shipbuilder, Lawrence & Sneden, while Foulks was a shipbuilder from England, who had already built a few ships under his own name. Initially, their yard was at the foot of Cherry Street, in Manhattan, but they moved it in 1854 to North Fifth Street, in Williamsburg, and again, in 1871, to the foot of Noble Street, in Greenpoint, where they remained until they closed in 1902. The table below is incomplete: if anyone has any data to add to it, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 24 May 2016.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Built	Disposition
Ships built by Lawrence & Sneden in Manhattan, 1825-1850
		Fanny		Steamer	126	1825	Abandoned 1844
		Napoleon		Steamer	136	1830	Abandoned 1856
		William Seabrook		Steamer	227	1831	Captured 1861
		Frank		Steamer	175	1835	Abandoned 1861
		New Haven		Steamer	342	1835	Abandoned 1877
		Highlander		Steamer	313	1835	Abandoned 1864
	18557	New York	Union Ferry Co.	Ferry	304	1836	Abandoned 1867
		Arrow		Steamer		1837
		Neptune		Steamer	745	1838	To USAQMD, stranded 1846 off Tampico
	16109	Massachusetts		Steamer	308	1842	Abandoned 1881
	11476	Hero		Steamer	462	1845	Foundered 1870
	24369	Thomas Powell	Thomas Powell et al	Steamer	585	1846	Abandoned 1887
		Fawn	Sebago & Long Pond S.N. Co.	Steamer	80	1846	Built in Bridgton ME
	4897	Connecticut	Curtis Peck	Steamer	1,129	1848	Abandoned 1894
	4433	Canonicus		Steamer	396	1849	To USAQMD 1863, burnt 1894 in Port Richmond NY
		North America	Cornelius Vanderbilt	Steamer	1,440	1851	Stranded 1852 off Las Ramidas, Mexico
Ships built by William Foulks in Manhattan, 1850-52
		Catharine		Steamboat	65	1850	Abandoned 1860
			Mexican Govt.	Schooner	76	1851
			Mexican Govt.	Schooner	76	1851
	19913	Peter Crary	Reuben Coffin and others	Tug	85	1852	Later Hazel Kirke, Naiad, abandoned 1919
Ships built by Lawrence & Foulks in Manhattan, 1852-1854
			Staten Island Ferry	Ferry	500	1852
			Greenpoint Ferry	Ferry		1852
			Houston Street Ferry	Ferry		1852
			Williamsburg Ferry	Ferry		1852
			Capt. Day	Steamship		1852
	13167	Josephine	Tompkinsville & Stapleton FC	Ferry	552	1852	Henry E. Bishop 1886, lost 1898
	75214	Joseph Johnson	Parks & Duvall	Tug	240	1852	Abandoned 1872
				Steamer	1,300+	1853
				Steamer	1,300	1853
				Steamer	1,300	1853
			Peruvian Govt	Riverboat	120	1853
			Peruvian Govt	Riverboat	80	1853
	13157	J. S. Underhill		Tug	123	1853	Burnt 1878 in Wilmington NC
		William H. Brown		Steamboat	450	1853
			U.S. Government	Schooner	34	1853
Ships built by Lawrence & Foulks in Williamsburg, 1854-1871
			Houston St. ferry	Ferry		1854
		Henry Munsi	A. O. Jackson	Tug	150	1854
		Neptune	Peter Crany	Steamboat	160	1854	Sold foreign 1860
		Surprise	Edgar Wakeman	Steamer	456	1854	Burnt 1863 in the Yangtze River
		Commonwealth	Norwich & New London SB Co	Steamboat	1,732	1855	Destroyed by fire at Groton CT 1865
		E. H. White	Fancher & McChesney	Lighter	100	1855
			Catherine Street-Williamsburg	Ferry	550	1855
			Catherine Street-Williamsburg	Ferry	550	1855
		H. Delafield	Henry Delafield	Brig	250	1855
		Know Nothing	NY & Williamsburgh SBC	Tug	300	1856
		Corilla	Johnson & Lowden	Bark	600	1856
		John Faron		Steamship	251	1856	To USAQMD 1863
	12751	James A. Stevens	Palmer & Crary	Tug	150	1856	Abandoned 1891
			Peter Crary	Tug	100	1857
			Roy, Coffin & Co	Tug	100	1857
			Captain Porter	Steamer	300	1857
		General Concha	Spanish Govt.	Steamer	300	1857
		General Serrano	Spanish Govt.	Steamer	300	1857?
			Spanish Govt.	Schooner	150	1858	For dredging Matanzas harbor
			Spanish Govt.	Schooner	150	1858	For dredging Matanzas harbor
			Spanish Govt.	Schooner	150	1858	For dredging Matanzas harbor
	6562	De Soto	Livingston, Crocheron & Co	Psgr/Cargo	1,675	1859	To USN 1861, sold 1868, burnt 1870 near New Orleans LA
		William Foulks	Dallett & Bliss	Steamer	293	1859	Sold to Venezuelan Navy, 1860
				Tender		1859	For the new fort at Sandy Hook
			Oatey, Squires & Co	Tug		1859
				Ferry	60	1859
	2551	Bienville	Livingston, Crocheron & Co	Psgr/Cargo	1,558	1860	To USN 1861, sold 1867, burnt 1872 in the Bahamas
	20132	Thomas Freeborn	Richard M. Squires	Tug	306	1860	To USN 1861, sold 1865
		Flambeau	Forbes & Co.	Steamer	791	1861	To USN 1861, sold 1865, wrecked 1867 at New Inlet NC
		Isaac Smith	Hamilton & Smith	Psgr/Cargo	453	1861	To USN 1861, captured 1863 and renamed Stono, wrecked 1863 near Fort Moultrie SC
			Carey & Co.	Propeller	160	1862
			Carey & Co.	Propeller	160	1862
			Bronder & Borlis	Propeller	160	1862
		D. S. Miller	Hamilton & Smith	Propeller	593	1862
		John S. Williams	B. U. Crary	Propeller	170	1862	Little Orphan 1863, sold foreign 1866
	86521	James F. Freeborn	Richard Squires	Psgr/Cargo	335	1862	To USN 1863 as Nansemond, to USCG 1863 as W. H. Crawford, sold 1900 as General J. A. Dumont, burnt 1914 at Severn Side MD
		Paquette de Maule	G. K. Stevenson & Co	Cargo Ship	400	1862	To USN, captured and scuttled by Spain 1866
		Tah Wah	Govt. of China		590	1862	Assembled in Yankin, China
	13180	John L. Hasbrouck	Hamilton & Smith	Propeller	710	1864	Marlboro 1900, scrapped 1917
	5664	Chauncey Vibbard	A. Van Santvoord	Steamboat	1,158	1864	Scrapped 1902
	4873	Clara Clarita	Leonard Jerome	Yacht	231	1864	Abandoned 1908
	19201	Oriflamme	Forbes & Co.	Schooner	1,225	1864	Scrapped 1879
	10496	Gen. J. K. Barnes	Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co	Steamer	1,365	1864	Foundered 1878 off Cape Hatteras
	11460	Herman Livingston	Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co	Steamer	1,314	1864	Scrapped 1883
	810	Albemarle	Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co	Steamer	871	1865	Barge 1882, schooner 1883, sank in squall 1885
	11477	Hatteras	Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co	Steamer	868	1865	Schooner barge 1882
	21459	Raleigh	Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co	Steamer	868	1865	Burnt 1867 off Charleston SC
	21460	Rapidan	Atlantic Coast Mail SS Co	Steamer	868	1865	Disappeared 1886 en route to West Indies
		Sze-Chuen	Forbes & Co.	Steamer	1,090	1865	Abandoned 1875
		Kiang-Tsze	Forbes & Co.	Steamer	1,100	1865	Sold foreign 1877
		Foong-Shuey	Forbes & Co.	Steamer	1,930	1865	Renamed Plymouth Rock, sold foreign 1877
		Shan-Se	Forbes & Co.	Steamer	1,095	1865	Sold foreign 1877
	17014	Manhattan	American & Mexican SS Co	Steamer	1,337	1865	Barge 1877, sank 1882
	25660	Vera Cruz	American & Mexican SS Co	Steamer	1,340	1865	Stranded 1866 on Body Island NC
	22811	Sleepy Hollow	Lower Hudson SBC	Steamboat	745	1865	Abandoned 1892
	17012	Maspeth	Nassau Ferry Co.	Ferry	431	1866	Fort Lee 1882, abandoned 1898
	19219	Oregonian	Oregon SNC	Steamship	2,200	1866	Scrapped 1866
	12343	Isaac Bell	Old Dominion SSC	Steamship	1,500	1868	Burnt 1880 in Norfolk VA
	23768	Sylvan Glen	Harlem SBC	Ferry	350	1869	Scrapped 1915
			Mr. Cheeseborough	Yacht	100	1869
	105094	Americus	Norwalk Line	Steamboat	600	1870	Later Myndert Starin, Newark
		James G. Bennett		Pilot Boat		1870
Ships built by Lawrence & Foulks in Greenspoint, 1871-1901
	90288	Martha's Vineyard	New Bedford & Nantucket SBC	Steamboat	515	1871	Keyport 1913, in collision 1917 and abandoned
				Tug		1871
	9982	Farragut	Fulton FC	Ferry	648	1871	Iron hull by Continental Iron Works
	9981	Fulton	Fulton FC	Ferry	648	1871	Iron hull by Continental Iron Works
	95131	Harlem	Morrisania SBC	Ferry	466	1872
	90264	Morrisania	Morrisania SBC	Ferry	420	1871
	115840	Sylvan Dell	Harlem & New York NC	Ferry	440	1872	Sank 1919
	90729	Midland	NY Central RR	Ferry	402	1872	Deleted 1910
	6781	Day Star	American SBC	Steamboat	682	1873
	105291	Amos C. Barstow		Steamboat	268	1873
		Fidelity	Commissioners of Charities	Launch		1873	In collision and sank in East River 1879
	75537	Jane Mosely	Long Island RRC	Steamer	800	1873
		Jennie Stout	F. Alexander & Son	Schooner	600	1873	Sank in storm off Cape Hatteras 1875
		Jessamine	U.S. Revenue Service	Cutter		1873
	85328	Governor Andrew	Boston & Hingham SBC	Steamer	503	1874
			City of Boston	Steamboat		1875	Deer Island prisoner transport
			St. John's Guild	Steamboat		1875	Floating Hospital
		Crystal Wave	American SBC	Steamboat	700	1875
	120265	Fanwood	New Jersey Central RR	Ferry	1,300	1876
	130176	Northampton	Old Dominion SS Co	Psgr/Cargo	483	1880	Burnt at Norfolk 1898
			Old Dominion SS Co	Launch		1881
	196063	Albertina	Red Bank Line	Steamboat	612	1882	Burnt 1932
	120586	F. P. James	NY & Coll. Pt Ferry Co.	Ferry	445	1884	Later Bronx 1902, scrapped 1917
	76574	Jacob H. Tremper		Passenger	571	1885	Scrapped 1929
	96029	Haarlaem	NY & East River Ferry Co	Ferry	382	1889	Harlem 1922, abandoned 1927
	3485	Bowery Bay	Astoria Ferry Co.	Ferry	382	1890	Bouwery Bay 1922, abandoned 1931
	126866	Clermont	A. Van Santvoord	Yacht	259	1892

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