Jack Craib's Rowboat Motor Information Site

Admiral
a Blakely badge motor
distributed by Affiliated Manufacturer's Co.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

An early article introducing this motor showed a different motor. See the article excerpt at the bottom of the page.

Admiral antique outboard motor ad

Admiral outboard motor ad from 1914

 
The Admiral was badge motor made by Blakely in 1914-1915.

The Admiral rowboat motor looked like the Blakely straight leg outboard motor except that it lacked the tag on the back of the tank and in its place there was a decal on the side. Look at the skeg and the underwater exhaust.


GO HERE to view the Blakely straight leg outboard motor.

I have never seen one of these motors although I have seen the Blakely version.

Roger Dykehouse has recently uncovered the fact that Mr. Blakely, who took part in early row boat motor races, owned a boat named "Admiral".
A tidy connection, don't you think?

 

Admiral antique outboard motor ad from 1915 Open Exhaust magazine

This is the illustration of the Admiral in that article.