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    Baron of Renfrew was a four-masted barque of 5,294 gross register tonnage (GRT), built of wood in 1825 by Charles Wood in Quebec, Canada. She was one...
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  • Baron Renfrew or Baron of Renfrew may refer to: Baron of Renfrew (ship), a wooden ship Baron of Renfrew (title), a subsidiary title of the Scottish and...
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    launch of Baron of Renfrew in June 1825, but then it turned out that although the construction remained the same with right sides, the new ship had been...
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    Baron Blythswood, of Blythswood in the County of Renfrew, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 August 1892 for Sir Archibald...
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    being rescued by a passing merchant vessel. A second disposable ship, the Baron of Renfrew, was launched in 1825. Declining freight transport costs, reduced...
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  • Baron McNair, of Gleniffer in the County of Renfrew, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 August 1955 for the lawyer and...
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    Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The lieutenancy...
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    John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde, FRGS (24 June 1829 – 12 February 1901) was a Scottish ship owner. Born in Glasgow he was the son of Sir George Burns...
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    Great Republic (1853 clipper) (category Age of Sail merchant ships of the United States)
    nearly three decades earlier in June 1825: the 5,294-ton Baron of Renfrew was a disposable ship built for a single voyage from Quebec to London. There it...
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    barques were built at Quebec, the Baron of Renfrew and Columbus, in 1824 and 1825, but they were disposable ships designed for one-way voyages across...
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  • Ships were used during the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt to transport obelisks from the quarry to their destination. Fifteen centuries later, the...
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    Calais." (Baron Renfrew Timber Ship (Timber Drogher) 1825, Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3280 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana)...
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  • February 1935. SS Baron Renfrew, cargo ship for H Hogarth & Sons, launched 6 February 1935, completed 3 March 1935. SS Calabar, passenger ship for Elder Dempster...
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  • These included the western provincial lordships of: Mearns, Strathgryfe, Renfrew and North Kyle. The caput of Walter's holdings is uncertain, although there...
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  • of ship launches in 1935 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1935. "Australia Star". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017. "Baron...
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    Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde, (14 February 1864 – 16 August 1919) was the second son of John Burns, the first Lord Inverclyde, and grandson of Sir George...
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    Earl Cathcart (redirect from Baron Greenock)
    House of Lords. In 1807 he was created Baron Greenock, of Greenock in the County of Renfrew, and Viscount Cathcart, of Cathcart in the County of Renfrew, and...
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    Moyra Campbell, the daughter of the 4th Duke of Abercorn, and later with Virginia Carington, daughter of the 6th Baron Carrington. Virginia was married...
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    list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships. It...
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    Leontophoros (category Ships of the Hellenistic period)
    ship built in Heraclea for Lysimachos; it was one of the largest wooden ships ever built. There exists a textual fragment by Memnon, the historian of...
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  • Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government;...
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    parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament...
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  • The list of ship launches in 1825 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1825. "Multum in Parvo". Newcastle Courant. No. 7737. Newcastle...
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    Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland on the accession of his...
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    Convoy FS 271 (category North Atlantic convoys of World War II)
    Firth of Forth to Southend-on-Sea on the Thames Estuary during the war. Ships joined the convoys as they passed their port and the vast importance of coal...
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    Estate Act 1805 (45 Geo. 3. c. cxiii) Bishop of London's (Paddington) Estate Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. cxlii) Baron Clinton and Saye's Estate Act 1822 (3 Geo...
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    list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the years 1755–1759. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...
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  • Brian Edmund "Bug" Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon (7 December 1903 – 13 July 1978), was a British racing driver, company director, baronet and peer. Born in...
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    parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament...
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    Mary was launched at Liverpool in 1806. She made one voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. During this voyage she engaged...
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