Baron of Renfrew (ship) was exempt from the high taxes on imported timber. She was built by Charles Wood, Anse du Fort, Quebec, Canada, on his own account. She followed the construction of a similar disposable ship, the barque "Columbus" built the year before. On August 23, 1825 under the command of captain Matthew Walker the ship left Quebec with a crew of 25 men and a cargo of 9000 tons timber (probably ship and cargo weight, both timber) bound for London, England. On October 21 of the same year the ship appeared in the English Channel but stranded the day after on the
Russian ship of the line Poltava (1712) 19 July. From 5 to 14 August, "Poltava" cruised in the Baltic Sea as part of the combined Russian, Danish, English and Dutch fleet, and on 22 October returned to Revel. Between 4 June and 16 July 1717, "Poltava" was part of a squadron of 14 battleships led by Admiral Fyodor Apraksin. It cruised off the Swedish coast and covered landing of Russian troops on the island of Gotland. In early August of the same year, while chasing a Swedish 6-gun ship, "Poltava" ran aground and was sent for reparations to St. Petersburg. From the end of July 1718 to