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Hamburg (barque)
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Hamburg was a three masted barque
built in 1886 at Hantsport, Nova Scotia
. She was the largest three masted barque ever built in Canada . Hamburg was one of the last of over a hundred large sailing vessels built by the Churchill family of Hantsport, led by Ezra Churchill
. Her name continued the Churchill family tradition of naming ships after ports where they often traded. The barque's captain for almost her entire career was Andrew B. Coldwell. Hamburg worked mostly Atlantic trades but also made several long Pacific voyages, rounded Cape Horn
many times and made one circumnavigation
of the world in 1891. She called at her namesake port of Hamburg
, Germany
in 1895. She was converted to a gypsum
barge
in 1908 and served 17 years carrying gypsum under tow from the Minas Basin
to New York. Her working career ended in 1925 when she was beached at Summerville, Hants County, Nova Scotia
, just across and downriver from the site of her launch at Hantsport. In 1936, her massive wooden hull was burned to the waterline, leaving her lower hull partially covered and preserved in river silt
. The site now offers a rare surviving example of the structure of a wooden sailing ship from Canada's Golden Age of Sail. The vessel's history is presented at the nearby Avon River Shipbuilding Museum at Newport Landing
and at the Churchill House
Marine Memorial Room in Hantsport
. One of the lower lasts from Hamburg is preserved at the Age of Sail Heritage Centre
in Port Greville, Nova Scotia.
Barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts.- History of the term :The word barque appears to have come from the Greek word baris, a term for an Egyptian boat. This entered Latin as barca, which gave rise to the Italian barca, Spanish barco, and the French barge and...
built in 1886 at Hantsport, Nova Scotia
Hantsport, Nova Scotia
Hantsport is a rural Canadian town and seaport located in the western part of Hants County, Nova Scotia. Hantsport is located just south of the county boundary with Kings County, and sits on the west bank of the Avon River in a tidal estuary.The town is most best known for its history of...
. She was the largest three masted barque ever built in Canada . Hamburg was one of the last of over a hundred large sailing vessels built by the Churchill family of Hantsport, led by Ezra Churchill
Ezra Churchill
Ezra Churchill was a merchant, shipbuilder and a Canadian Senator for the province of Nova Scotia.He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the son of Ezra Churchill and Elizabeth Trefry. In 1824, he married Ann Davidson. Churchill married Rachel Burgess after the death of his first wife...
. Her name continued the Churchill family tradition of naming ships after ports where they often traded. The barque's captain for almost her entire career was Andrew B. Coldwell. Hamburg worked mostly Atlantic trades but also made several long Pacific voyages, rounded Cape Horn
Cape Horn
Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island...
many times and made one circumnavigation
Circumnavigation
Circumnavigation – literally, "navigation of a circumference" – refers to travelling all the way around an island, a continent, or the entire planet Earth.- Global circumnavigation :...
of the world in 1891. She called at her namesake port of Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 1895. She was converted to a gypsum
Gypsum
Gypsum is a very soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. It is found in alabaster, a decorative stone used in Ancient Egypt. It is the second softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness Scale...
barge
Barge
A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...
in 1908 and served 17 years carrying gypsum under tow from the Minas Basin
Minas Basin
The Minas Basin is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known for its extremely high tides.- Geography :- Boundary :...
to New York. Her working career ended in 1925 when she was beached at Summerville, Hants County, Nova Scotia
Summerville, Nova Scotia
Summerville is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in The Municipality of the District of West Hants in Hants County.- History :...
, just across and downriver from the site of her launch at Hantsport. In 1936, her massive wooden hull was burned to the waterline, leaving her lower hull partially covered and preserved in river silt
Silt
Silt is granular material of a size somewhere between sand and clay whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar. Silt may occur as a soil or as suspended sediment in a surface water body...
. The site now offers a rare surviving example of the structure of a wooden sailing ship from Canada's Golden Age of Sail. The vessel's history is presented at the nearby Avon River Shipbuilding Museum at Newport Landing
Newport Landing, Nova Scotia
Newport Landing is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipal District of West Hants .This community is also known as Avondale, and has civic signage listed for both names...
and at the Churchill House
Churchill House, Hantsport
Churchill House is a historic house and community centre located in Hantsport, Nova Scotia. The house was built in 1860 by noted Hantsport shipbuilder Ezra Churchill as a gift for his son John Wiley Churchill...
Marine Memorial Room in Hantsport
Hantsport, Nova Scotia
Hantsport is a rural Canadian town and seaport located in the western part of Hants County, Nova Scotia. Hantsport is located just south of the county boundary with Kings County, and sits on the west bank of the Avon River in a tidal estuary.The town is most best known for its history of...
. One of the lower lasts from Hamburg is preserved at the Age of Sail Heritage Centre
Age of Sail Heritage Centre
The Age of Sail Heritage Centre is a museum and heritage centre at Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Canada...
in Port Greville, Nova Scotia.