James and George Steers shipyard

In 1850, James Rich Steers

James Rich Steers

James Rich Steers was an American yacht builder and politician. He was born in Plymouth, England. His father, Henry Steers, was connected to the Construction Department of the Royal Naval Dockyards at Plymouth until 1815...

 and George Steers

George Steers

George Steers was a designer of yachts best known for the famous racing yacht America. He founded a shipyard with his brother, George Steers and Co, and died in an accident just as he was landing a major contract to build boats for the Russian Czar....

 started the George Steers & Co. inheriting from a naval architecture tradition. The father Henry Steers

Henry Steers

Henry Steers was connected the Construction Department of the Royal Naval Dockyards at Plymouth till 1815. He got two sons James and George, well known for building many ships in Greenpoint, Long Island, New York.-Isle of Guernsey:...

 was already a naval architect in England.. The company was located in Greenpoint, Long Island, New York.

They designed in 1851 the America

America (yacht)

The America was a 19th century racing yacht that was the first to win the eponymous international sailing trophy now known as the America's Cup; in 1851 the trophy was known as the Royal Yacht Squadron's "One Hundred Guinea Cup", but was later renamed after the original winning yacht...

 for John C. Stevens to win the Queen's Cup at the annual regatta of the London Royal Yacht Club. She cost about $23,000.

George Steers died on September 25, 1856.

Jack Strickland, supervisor of the construction of the yacht America, was a foreman of the Steers shipyard.

Henry Steers shipyard

In 1857, Henry Steers

Henry Steers (1832)

Henry Steers son of James Rich Steers, nephew of George Steers, proprietor of Henry Steers' Ship Yard ....

, the son of James Rich Steers, the grandson of Henry Steers started his shipyard in Greenpoint, Long Island, New York. He designed and built most of the boats of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company

Pacific Mail Steamship Company

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was founded April 18, 1848 as a joint stock company under the laws of the State of New York by a group of New York City merchants, William H. Aspinwall, Edwin Bartlett, Henry Chauncey, Mr. Alsop, G.G. Howland and S.S. Howland...

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by James and George

• 1849: SS Pacific
• 1855: SS Niagara
• 1856: SS Adriatic for Collins Line
  Collins Line
  The Collins Line is the common name for the American shipping company started by Israel Collins and then built up by his son Edward Knight Collins...
  
  . (April 7, 1856).S.S. Adriatic.

by Henry Steers

• 1857: Charles H. Marshall
• 1859: Hu Quang, Che Kiang and Foh Kein
• 1865: SS Arizona January 19, 1865
• 1867: SS Great Republic for Pacific Mail Steamship Company
• 1869: SS America
  SS America (1869)
  SS America was a ship for Pacific Mail Steamship Company operating on the China Line along SS Colorado, SS Great Republic, SS China, SS Alaska, SS Japan and spare steamer SS Herman...
  
  
• 1877: Massachusetts for the New York and Providence Line