Keywords: Jsj-110-feiseen.jpg en Steam yacht Feiseen built in 1893 by Benjamin Franklin B F Wood from the designs of William Gardner and Charles Dell Mosher at City Island NY for owner William B Cogswell of Saracuse NY It was completely planked in mahogany with 30 000 wooden rivets in her frame and housed a single 600-hp steam engine Feiseen was commissioned by Cogswell to beat the yachts Norwood and Vamoose and set a new world speed record On August 25 1893 she set a new world speed record at 31 6 mph A few months later she was sold and rebuilt for the Brazilian Navy adding an armored deckhouse and deck-mounted guns <ref> cite web http //www iyrs org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Public/pdf/RestorationQuarterly_summer2006 pdf Yachts Built by Wood 2008-09-01 International Yacht Restoration School 2006 </ref><references/> File courtesy jsjohnston org Creator John S Johnston 1893 PD-old-100 Feiseen ship 1893 Photographs by John S Johnston Black and white photographs |