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
1:500 scale These ships are mostly die cast of zinc alloy and painted gray. Therefore, this scale was also called "Teacher Scale". The 1:500 set contained about half the number of models found in the 1:1200 scale sets. In the 1960s, Renwal released fourteen 1:500 scale ship models from World War II or post war United States Navy, and Frog also released six models from Royal Navy. Both makers had failed in the late 1970s, but some makers such as Chematic rereleased ex Frog 1:500 scale ship models until the 2000s. In the 1970s, Nichimo released a series of 1:500 plastic scale