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 Lefort Russian ship of the line Lefort Lefort (Russian "Лефорт", also spelled "Leffort") was a ship of the line of the Imperial Russian Navy. "Lefort" was a ship of the line of the "Imperatritsa Aleksandra" (Empress Alexandra) class, rated at 84 guns but actually armed with 94 guns. Her keel was laid in 1833 at Saint Petersburg and she was launched in the presence of Nicholas I. She was named after Admiral Franz Lefort, chief of the Russian Navy from 1695-1696. Upon commissioning she joined the Russian Baltic Fleet. During the Crimean War in 1854 she aided in the defence of