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) centrepiece of a new shipbuilding museum. After dismantling of "Poltava", its name was transferred from ship to ship 7 times. In 1971, the Soviet Post issued a stamp of 10 kopeks featuring the ship. In 1996, to honor the 300 anniversary of the Russian Navy, the Bank of Russia produced a series of 15 commemorative coins, each dedicated to one ship of the Russian fleet. The reverse of a 100-ruble coin depicted "Poltava", Peter I and the Admiralty. Russian ship of the line Poltava (1712) Poltava () was a 54-gun ship of the line of the Russian Navy that was