Kings County (barque)
| History | |
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| Name | Kings County |
| Owner | William Thompson, Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Port of registry | Windsor, Nova Scotia |
| Builder | C.R. Burgess Yard, Kingsport, Nova Scotia |
| Launched | June 2, 1890 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Wrecked 1911 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2061 Gross Tons |
| Length | 255 ft. |
| Beam | 45 ft. |
| Depth | 25 ft. |
| Decks | 2 |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Four Masted Barque |
Kings County was a four-masted
Havana Harbour when she delivered a cargo of lumber and was briefly stranded. She was lost a few months later on a voyage to Montevideo, Uruguay when she ran aground in the River Plate.[3]
Too damaged to repair, she was scrapped in Montevideo where her massive timbers were visible for many years.
References
- ^ Lloyd's Register 1910
- ^ St. Clair Patterson, Hantsport Shipbuilding: 1849-1893, Hantsport: Tug Boat Publishing, 2008, p. 108.
- ^ "Cora Atkinson, A History of Kingsport (1980)". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- Tom Sheppard, Historic Wolfville: Grand Pre and Countryside, Halifax: Nimbus, 2003, p. 150-151.
- Charles Armour and Thomas Lackey, Sailing Ships of the Maritime, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975, p. 180
- Frederick William Wallace, In the Wake of the Windships, (London, 1927), p. 223-224.
External links
- Parks Canada Ship Information Database Registry Information[permanent dead link]
- A History of Kingsport, Cora Atkinson, Kingsport Community Association, 1980.
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