William D. Lawrence (ship)

History
Canada
NameWilliam D. Lawrence
OwnerWilliam Dawson Lawrence and James Ellis
Port of registryMaitland, Nova Scotia
BuilderWilliam D. Lawrence Shipyard, Maitland Nova Scotia
Laid down1872
LaunchedOctober 27, 1874
Maiden voyage1874-1875
Identification
  • Code Letters NQDC
FateStranded English Channel, 1891, converted to barge, sunk in Dakar.
NotesRenamed Kommander Svend Foyn, 1883
General characteristics
Tonnage2459 Gross Tons
Length
Beam48 ft (15 m)
Depth29 ft (8.8 m)
Decks2
PropulsionSail
Sail planFull-rigged ship
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Port Royal established 1605
Conquest of Acadia 1710
Halifax established 1749
Bay of Fundy Campaign 1755
Fall of Louisbourg 1758
Representative Government established 1758
Halifax Treaties 1760–61
First significant Scottish immigration 1773
Battle of Fort Cumberland 1776
Birchtown established 1783
Capture of USS Chesapeake 1813
Freedom of the Press 1835
First Acadian MLA elected 1837
Responsible Government established 1848
‪Chesapeake Affair 1861
Co-op Movement begins 1861
‪Anti-Confederation Party elected 1867
Saxby Gale 1869
Launch of William D. Lawrence 1873
First airplane in the British Commonwealth 1909
Halifax Explosion 1917
Nova Scotia [Women's] Franchise Act 1918
Launch of Bluenose 1922
Coal Miners' Memorial Day 1925
Pugwash Conferences established 1957
Springhill mining disaster 1958
NS Human Rights Commission established 1967
Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established1968
Westray Mine explosion 1992
First Black MLA elected 1993
Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Tripartite Forum 1997
Viola Desmond Apology 2010
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William D. Lawrence was a full-rigged sailing ship built in Maitland, Nova Scotia, along the Minas Basin and named after her builder, the merchant and politician William Dawson Lawrence (1817–1886).

Construction and career

Built in 1874 at the William D. Lawrence Shipyard in Maitland, she was the largest wooden sailing ship of her day, one of the largest wooden ships ever built and the largest sailing ship ever built in Canada.[a] William Lawrence was a fierce opponent of Canadian Confederation which he predicted would bring ruin to Nova Scotia's flourishing shipbuilding industry. Initially planning to build a smaller vessel, he deliberately increased the size of William D. Lawrence to create a landmark vessel for the province's shipping industry before it declined. The vessel defied critics who claimed that a wooden vessel of its size would be unmanageable and lose money.

After several profitable years, the ship was sold to Norwegian owners in 1883 and renamed Kommandør Svend Foyn. She was stranded in the English Channel in 1891 and converted to a barge, later sinking in Dakar, Senegal.

Commemorations

William D. Lawrence (ship) carved into the Bank of Nova Scotia Building, Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

In 1930, William D. Lawrence and his great ship were commemorated by the Bank of Nova Scotia, which placed a stone carving of the ship above the door of the head office building in Halifax, Nova Scotia (located on Hollis Street, directly across from Province House). A monument dedicated to Lawrence's ship as a national historic treasure was erected on the grounds of his home in 1967, and his home was opened to the public as a provincial museum site on August 11, 1971. The ship has also been commemorated by the Canada Post with a postage stamp (1975) and the Royal Canadian Mint with a coin (2002).

The ship was the subject of at least three formal ship portraits, one at the Nova Scotia Museum displayed at Lawrence House in Maitland,[2] one at the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management in Halifax[3] and one by Edouard-Marie Adam at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris, France.[4]

The vessel's achievement is commemorated in Maitland by a National Historic Site monument at the restored home of her builder, Lawrence House, part of the Nova Scotia Museum.[5] Maitland celebrates the launch of William D. Lawrence every September at a weekend festival called "Launch Days".[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Two larger wooden sailing barques were built at Quebec, the Baron of Renfrew and Columbus, in 1824 and 1825, but they were disposable ships designed for one-way voyages across the Atlantic.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions", Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
  2. ^ "William D. Lawrence", Infosheet, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
  3. ^ "Ships Gallery: William D. Lawrence". Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Scott, Tod (2010). William D. Lawrence: Nova Scotia Shipbuilder & Anti-Confederation Campaigner – The Complete Annotated Writings. Lulu.com.
  5. ^ Welch, Deborah; Payne, Michael. "Lawrence House Museum". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  6. ^ Gorman, Michael (August 20, 2012). "Launch Days allow Maitland to revel in sailing history". The Chronicle-Herald.
  • Armour, Charles; Lackey, Thomas (1975). Sailing Ships of the Maritime. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson. ISBN 9780070777569.

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