Caprice (pilot boat)
The Caprice was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1871 by Brown & Lovell in East Boston, Massachusetts for Peter McEnany and other New York pilots. In 1876, she was run down and sank, off Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, by the steamship New Orleans. She was raised and was one of the pilot boats that survived the Great Blizzard of 1888. The Caprice was last reported sailing off the coast of New York in 1891. Construction and service The pilot boat Caprice was built in 1871 by Brown & Lovell shipyard at East Boston, Massachusetts, originally as a Boston schooner yacht. She was later made into a New York pilot boat in 1877 for Pilot McEnany and other New York Sandy Hook pilots. The Caprice was launched on April 10, 1871, as a clipper yacht from the shipyard of Brown & Lovell, at East Boston. She was registered with the Record of American and Foreign Shipping from 1874 to 1885. From 1874 to 1875, the ship master was George H. Sisco; her owners were Eugene Sullivan and Peter McEnry; and she belonged to the Port of New York. From 1876 to 1885 the ship master changed to pilot E.