Baron of Renfrew (ship)
Encyclopedia
{|Baron of Renfrew is classified as a disposable ship
, or timber ship (timber drogher). She was not particularly seaworthy:
and had to be towed from Quebec
to Calais
.
s, they were not considered true ships by some. The Nova Scotia
ship William D. Lawrence (ship)
remains the largest sailing ship
built in Canada.
Disposable ship
A disposable ship, also called raft ship, timber ship, or timber drogher was a barely seaworthy vessel assembled from large timbers lashed or pegged together for the purpose of making just a single voyage from North America to England where the vessel was subsequently dismantled and its timbers...
, or timber ship (timber drogher). She was not particularly seaworthy:
and had to be towed from Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
to Calais
Calais
Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
.
Legacy
Due to a later change in the timber tax census disposable or timber ships lost their tax advantage and ceased to be built. Baron of Renfrew was slightly larger than Columbus built the year before; although as both vessels were Disposable shipDisposable ship
A disposable ship, also called raft ship, timber ship, or timber drogher was a barely seaworthy vessel assembled from large timbers lashed or pegged together for the purpose of making just a single voyage from North America to England where the vessel was subsequently dismantled and its timbers...
s, they were not considered true ships by some. The Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
ship William D. Lawrence (ship)
William D. Lawrence (ship)
William D. Lawrence was a full-rigged sailing ship built in Maitland, Nova Scotia along the Minas Basin and named after her builder, the merchant and politician William Dawson Lawrence ....
remains the largest sailing ship
Full rigged ship
A full rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with three or more masts, all of them square rigged. A full rigged ship is said to have a ship rig....
built in Canada.
Further reading
- Wallace, Fredrick William: Wooden Ships and Iron Men. White Lion, London, 1973/1924.
- Williams, David M.: Bulk Carriers and Timber Imports: The British North American Trade and the Shipping Boom of 1824-5. The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 54, London, 1968. pp 373-382
- Wood, Charles: Ballast. John Clark, Glasgow, 1836.
See also
- Baron of Renfrew, a subsidiary title of the Duke of RothesayDuke of RothesayDuke of Rothesay was a title of the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707, of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, and now of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland....
(current holder: HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay; in 1825 the title was vacant)