Baron of Renfrew

A four-masted barque built of wood in 1825 by Charles Wood, Anse du Fort, Quebec. Dimensions 92,65×18,59×10,36 meters [304'×61'×34'] and tonnage 5294 GRT.
Built of mostly square timbers with the intention of being taken apart at the arrival at the destination and sold for her timbers.

1825 June: Launched at the shipyard of Charles Wood, Anse du Fort, Isle of Orleans, Quebec, with 4000 tons of timber already onboard. A previous attempt had failed when the grease on the launching ways was consumed by fire caused by the friction.
1825 August: Sailed from Quebec for London under command of Captain Matthew Walker.
1825 October 27: Wrecked on the Goodwin Sands while with a pilot onboard and under tow by two tugs of which one was the James Watt.

Bibliography:

Four- and five masted ships, general references.
Large Ships.
The Detroit Daily Free Press, November 27, 1853.
The Times, October 19, 1825.
The Times, October 27, 1825.
Quebec Gazette, April 25, 1825.
Quebec Gazette, July 21, 1825.
Quebec Gazette, August 21, 1825.
Quebec Gazette, August 25, 1825.
Quebec Mercury, June 18, 1825.
Quebec Mercury, June 19, 1825.
Quebec Mercury, June 25, 1825.
Quebec Mercury, August 18, 1825.
Marcil, Eileen Reid: Ship-Rigged Rafts and the Export of Quebec Timber.
The American Neptune Vol. 48, Salem, 1988. pp 67-76, ill.
Wallace, Fredrick William: Wooden Ships and Iron Men.
White Lion, London, 1973/1924. 8vo, xviii, 327 pp, 27 plates.
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, 1 plate.
Wood, Charles: Ballast.
John Clark, Glasgow, 1836.

Updated 1997-03-11 by Lars Bruzelius.

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