County of Yarmouth
History | |
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Canada | |
Name | County of Yarmouth |
Namesake | Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia |
Owner | William D. Lovitt |
Port of registry | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
Builder | Hilaire P. Boudreau, Belliveau's Cove, Nova Scotia |
Launched | May 29, 1884 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold to Argentina as training ship, 1896 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 2154 Gross |
Length | 243 ft (74 m) |
Beam | 44.5 ft (13.6 m) |
Depth | 24 ft |
Decks | 2 |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | Ship |
County of Yarmouth was a
Grimsby, England but was purchased by the government of Argentina
as a school ship.
References
- Record of Canada Shipping, Frederick William Wallace, (Toronto: Musson Books) p. 70
- Sailing Ships of the Maritime Charles Armour and Thomas Lackey (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975), pp 172–173