Frederic S. Nock was born in Birmingham, England, and emigrated to the United States as a child with his parents who settled in New York. He began designing yachts in 1895 and established the Narragansett Yacht Agency at Providence in 1896. In 1902 he purchased the yard at East Greenwich, RI previously owned by the John Saunders Marine Railway Company. Nock died in 1925.
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Frederic S. Nock Lines Plans, 5468, International Yacht Restoration School.
Collection of 19 lines plans, primarily for motor cruisers and launches, circa 1909 to 1920. The majority are pen and ink on thin textured fabric/paper, and a few, as noted below, were created using a blueprint-type process (but are gray or yellow-gray in color). Three drawings also have small areas of color applied in color pencil. All are titled and annotated either "F.S. Nock", "F.S. Nock N.A." or a similar variant. The sheet sizes range from 6 x 15 inches to approximately 20 x 45 inches.
19 separate sheets
Source of acquisition unclear.