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
Type Long March cargo ship, medical evacuation with other poor quality product made in China in the era of great political turmoil. Although none of these quality issues were encountered at the time of the conversion, the poor quality of the ship has definitely caused PLAN to lose confidence in the hull and decided not to risk it by keeping the converted medical evacuation cargo ship (APR) in service for prolonged period of time, because despite being a relatively a new hull, the hull selected for conversion was among the seven built during Cultural Revolution, and it was only a matter of time before quality issues begin