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'''''Kings County''''' was a four masted [[barque]] built in 1890 at [[Kingsport, Nova Scotia]] on the [[Minas Basin]]. She was named to commemorate [[Kings County, Nova Scotia]] and represented the peak of the county's shipbuilding era. (A much smaller barque also named ''Kings County'' had been built in 1871.) ''Kings County'' was one of the largest wooden sailing vessels ever built in Canada and one of only two Canadian four masted barques. (The other being the slightly smaller ''John M. Blaikie'' of [[Great Village, Nova Scotia]].) At first registered as a four masted [[full rigged ship]], she was quickly changed to a barque after her June 2 launch.<ref>''Hantsport Shipbuilding: 1849-1893'', St. Clair Patterson, Hantsport: Tug Boat Publishing, 2008, p. 108.</ref> Over three thousand people from Kings and Hants Counties attended the launch. She survived a collision with an [[iceberg]] in 1893 on a voyage to [[Swansea, Wales]]. Like many of the large wooden merchant ships built in [[Atlantic Canada]], she spend most of her career far from home on trading voyages around the world. In 1909, she returned to the Minas Basin for a refit at [[Hantsport, Nova Scotia|Hantsport]] and loaded a large cargo of lumber. In 1911 she became the largest wooden ship to enter [[Havana, Cuba|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|Monte Video]] when she ran aground at the [[Río de la Plata|River Plate]]. Too damaged to repair, she was scrapped in Monte Video where her massive timbers were visible for many years.
'''''Kings County''''' was a four-masted [[barque]] built in 1890 at [[Kingsport, Nova Scotia]] on the [[Minas Basin]]. She was named to commemorate [[Kings County, Nova Scotia]] and represented the peak of the county's shipbuilding era. (A much smaller barque also named ''Kings County'' had been built in 1871.) ''Kings County'' was one of the largest wooden sailing vessels ever built in Canada and one of only two Canadian four-masted barques. (The other was the slightly smaller ''[[John M. Blaikie]]'' of [[Great Village, Nova Scotia]].) At first registered as a four-masted [[full-rigged ship]], she was quickly changed to a barque after her June 2 launch.<ref>St. Clair Patterson, ''Hantsport Shipbuilding: 1849-1893'', Hantsport: Tug Boat Publishing, 2008, p. 108.</ref> More than three thousand people from Kings and Hants counties attended the launch. She survived a collision with an [[iceberg]] on an 1893 voyage to [[Swansea, Wales]]. Like many of the large wooden merchant ships built in [[Atlantic Canada]], she spent most of her career far from home on trading voyages around the world. In 1909, she returned to the Minas Basin for a refit at [[Hantsport, Nova Scotia|Hantsport]] and loaded a large cargo of lumber. In 1911 she became the largest wooden ship to enter [[Havana, Cuba|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 [[Río de la Plata|River Plate]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kingsport.ca/history/history.htm# |title=Cora Atkinson, ''A History of Kingsport'' (1980) |access-date=2008-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217183242/http://kingsport.ca/history/history.htm# |archive-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Too damaged to repair, she was scrapped in Montevideo where her massive timbers were visible for many years.


==References==
==References==
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* ''Historic Wolfville: Grand Pre and Countryside'', Tom Sheppard, (Halifax: Nimbus, 2003), p. 150-151.
* Tom Sheppard, ''Historic Wolfville: Grand Pre and Countryside'', Halifax: Nimbus, 2003, p.&nbsp;150-151.
*''Sailing Ships of the Maritime'' Charles Armour and Thomas Lackey (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975), p. 180
* Charles Armour and Thomas Lackey, ''Sailing Ships of the Maritime'', Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975, p.&nbsp;180
*''In the Wake of the Windships'', [[Frederick William Wallace]], (London, 1927), p. 223-224.
* [[Frederick William Wallace]], ''In the Wake of the Windships'', (London, 1927), p.&nbsp;223-224.


===External links===
==External links==
* [http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/SEARCH/BASIS/vessel/public/vessel/DDW?W%3DNAME+%3D+%27Kings+County%27+ORDER+BY+NAME/Ascend%26M%3D2%26K%3D21532%26R%3DY%26U%3D1 Parks Canada Ship Information Database Registry Informtation]
* [http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/SEARCH/BASIS/vessel/public/vessel/DDW?W%3DNAME+%3D+%27Kings+County%27+ORDER+BY+NAME/Ascend%26M%3D2%26K%3D21532%26R%3DY%26U%3D1 Parks Canada Ship Information Database Registry Information]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://kingsport.ca/history/history.htm ''A History of Kingsport'', Cora Atkinson, Kingsport Community Association, 1980.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090217183242/http://kingsport.ca/history/history.htm ''A History of Kingsport'', Cora Atkinson, Kingsport Community Association, 1980.]

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History
Canada
NameKings County
OwnerWilliam Thompson, Saint John, New Brunswick
Port of registryWindsor, Nova Scotia
BuilderC.R. Burgess Yard, Kingsport, Nova Scotia
LaunchedJune 2, 1890
Identification
  • Code Letters LWBF
  • [1]
FateWrecked 1911
General characteristics
Tonnage2061 Gross Tons
Length255 ft.
Beam45 ft.
Depth25 ft.
Decks2
PropulsionSail
Sail planFour Masted Barque

Kings County was a four-masted barque built in 1890 at Kingsport, Nova Scotia on the Minas Basin. She was named to commemorate Kings County, Nova Scotia and represented the peak of the county's shipbuilding era. (A much smaller barque also named Kings County had been built in 1871.) Kings County was one of the largest wooden sailing vessels ever built in Canada and one of only two Canadian four-masted barques. (The other was the slightly smaller John M. Blaikie of Great Village, Nova Scotia.) At first registered as a four-masted full-rigged ship, she was quickly changed to a barque after her June 2 launch.[2] More than three thousand people from Kings and Hants counties attended the launch. She survived a collision with an iceberg on an 1893 voyage to Swansea, Wales. Like many of the large wooden merchant ships built in Atlantic Canada, she spent most of her career far from home on trading voyages around the world. In 1909, she returned to the Minas Basin for a refit at Hantsport and loaded a large cargo of lumber. In 1911 she became the largest wooden ship to enter 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

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  1. ^ Lloyd's Register 1910
  2. ^ St. Clair Patterson, Hantsport Shipbuilding: 1849-1893, Hantsport: Tug Boat Publishing, 2008, p. 108.
  3. ^ "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.
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