5 largest timber ship ever made

Timber ship is a ship that is made using wood.

Timber ship is a ship that is made using wood Well here are 5 Largest Wooden Ship Ever Created want to know what it wrote refer to the following article.

1. Wyoming (137.16 m)

The largest ship in the world is made of wood and built in 1909 by a company called Percy & Small. This ship is 137.16 m long and weighs an estimated 4,000 tons. Wyoming equipped with anchor windlass Hyde and steam engines. One of the investors is the Governor of the State of Wyoming so that the ship was named as Wyoming. It costs nearly $ 175,000 commencing

2. USS Dunderberg (115 m)

The second biggest timber ship built in New York, USA. Length of 115 meters, with a speed of 15 knots. The ship was built for sale to the US Navy, even though the ship was not completed before the war the American Libration War. The Dunderberg later rejected by the United States Navy and later destroyed in 1874.

3. Caligula's Giant Ship (104 m)

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

4. Pretoria (103 m)

Pretoria ship built in West Bay City, Michigan. Its main purpose 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 depth. The ship could carry 5,000 tons of iron ore, 175,000 bushels of wheat, or even 300,000 bushels of wheat. Unfortunately, this ship sank because of a storm in 1905.

5. Great Republic (102.1 m)

The ship was scheduled to be launched on 4 September 1853, but due to the rapid increase in the price of wood, 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 then rebuilt and modified. Great Republic then switched to Denmark when it was purchased by the Merchants' Trading Company. Has the capacity to carry 5,000 tons at an estimated speed of 19 kn (35.2 km / h). Old ship was finally abandoned in 1872