5 World's Largest Wooden Ship

5 World's Largest Wooden Ship

Wyoming (137.16 m)
The biggest ship in the world is made of wood and was built in 1909 by a company called Percy & Small. This ship is 137.16 m long and weighs 4,000 tons estimated. Wyoming equipped with Hyde anchor windlass and steam engines. One investor was the Governor of the State of Wyoming so that the ship was named as Wyoming. It costs nearly $ 175.000.USS counted



Dunderberg (115 m)
Second largest timber ship built in New York, United States. Length 115 meters, with a speed of 15 knots. The ship was built for sale to the U.S. Navy, although this ship was not completed before the American war Libration War. The Dunderberg later rejected by the United States Navy and later destroyed in 1874.

Caligula's Giant Ship (104 m)
This ship used to transport the obelisk in St. Peter's Square from Egypt on the orders of Roman Emperor Caligula. Caligula's Giant Ship 104 meters long, can carry 800 crew. The ship was also called round ship.


Pretoria (102.1 m)
Pretoria ship built at West Bay City, Michigan. The ultimate goal is to be used in the Great Lakes. As the world's fourth largest ship 103 meters long, 13.3 meters wide and 7 meters in depth. The ship can carry 5,000 tons of iron ore, 175,000 bushels of wheat, or even 300,000 bushels of wheat. Unfortunately, this ship sunk by storms in 1905

Great Republic (102.1 m)
The ship was scheduled to be launched on 4 September 1853 but due to a rapid increase in timber prices, then postponed until October 4, 1853. Two months later on December 27, the ship was on fire and almost completely destroyed by fire. The ship was sold to Captain Nathaniel Palmer later rebuilt and modified. Great Republic then moved to Denmark when it was bought by the Merchants' Trading Company. Have the capacity to carry goods weighing 5,000 tons with an estimated speed of 19 kn (35.2 km / h). Old ship was finally abandoned in 1872.

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