E. K. Collins (pilot boat)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | E. K. Collins |
| Namesake | Edward Knight Collins |
| Owner | New York Pilots: Wm. P. Tornure, John L. Tornure, James H. Tornure, Eugene H. Sullivan, James R. Murphy |
| Operator | Robert B. Mitchell, James R. Murphy |
| Cost | 4,500 |
| In service | early 1840s |
| Out of service | January 10, 1856 |
| Stricken | Ran ashore on the outer bar of Fire Island |
| Homeport | New York |
| Fate | Sank |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 89-tons TM |
| Propulsion | schooner sail |
| Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
The E. K. Collins was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat built in the early 1840s. She was named for the American shipping magnate Edward Knight Collins. During a winter storm, the Collins ran ashore on the outer bar of Fire Island in 1856.
New York pilot-boat E. K. Collins, was built in the early 1840s. An early report of the E. K. Collins No. 11, appeared in the New York Daily Herald on December 17, 1844, which talked about the Collins with Captain Turner of New York, taking a 3-day cruise and coming to port for provisions.[1] She was named for the American ship-owner Edward Knight Collins.[2]: p117
She was 89-tons burthen and owned by Wm. P. Tornure, John L. Tornure, James H. Tornure, Eugene H. Sullivan and James R. Murphy. On February 6, 1845, the Collins, while on pilot duty, went ashore at Gowanus Bay because of gale and ice. The next day, she was able to come into New York City.[3]
On February 1, 1848, eighteen miles south of Sandy Hook, two pilots, Robert Smith and Andrew Foster, from the pilot-boat E. K. Collins, lost their lives attempting to board the brig Robert Bruce.[4]
On December 3, 1852, the pilot boat E. K. Collins picked up one of the two yawls from the pilot boat Yankee, No. 7, that struck an old wreck and sank 35 miles east of Sandy Hook.[5]
