''County of Yarmouth'' was a

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built in

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in 1884. She was the largest wooden ship ever built for shipowners in

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, and the second largest wooden ship ever built in

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, only a few tons less than the ship ''William D. Lawrence''. The ship was one of a series of very large wooden ships proudly named after major shipbuilding counties of

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at the end of the Age of Sail. William D. Lovitt, owner of a fleet of ships from Yarmouth, began as the sole owner. The ship enjoyed a profitable decade of service circling the globe several times but most often trading between

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n, Canadian and British ports. She survived a serious grounding at Low Point,

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in 1893. After being dismasted in December 1895, she was to be broken up at Grimsby, England but was purchased by the government of

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as a school ship.

References

*''Record of Canada Shipping'', Frederick William Wallace, (Toronto: Musson Books) p. 70 *''Sailing Ships of the Maritime'' Charles Armour and Thomas Lackey (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975), pp 172–173

External links

"Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada", ''Art Gallery of Nova Scotia'' – Registry InformationShip Portrait, 1885 by Edouard Adam, Yarmouth County Museum & ArchivesShip Portrait, 1887 by Edouard Adam, Yarmouth County Museum & Archives
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