Enoch Turley

The Enoch Turley was a 19th-century Pennsylvania pilot schooner built in 1842 in Baltimore, Maryland.

The two-masted pilot boat Enoch Turley was built in Baltimore, Maryland in November 1842 for George W. Pride.

[2] She was named in honor of Captain Enoch Turley of Philadelphia, whose son, Enoch Turley Jr., was appointed harbormaster for the port of Philadelphia (1856) and later served as the president of the Society for the Relief of Poor Shipmasters.

[4] In the spring of 1843, the Enoch Turley was in a race with the pilot boat John G. Whilldin, which was from Philadelphia to the breakwater at the Delaware capes.

[3] The Enoch Turley was registered as a pilot schooner with the Record of American and Foreign Shipping from 1881 to 1885.

As a result, the board recognized four pilot boats, the E. C. Knight, John G. Whilldin, Enoch Turley and Christian Bergh.

[11] Weeks later, in the Great Blizzard of 1888, the Turley was snagged on a shoal near the Lewes breakwater where she lost her masts.

[13] After the accident, the community of Lewes, Delaware created a benevolent fund of over $6,000 to aid the widows and children of the pilots.

[14] The Turley was replaced by the pilot boat William W. Ker, which was launched on November 27, 1889, from the Jackson and Sharp yard in Philadelphia.