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5 Largest Wooden Made Ships of the World

June 17, 2010 History, Travel

Wyoming (137.16 m)

World’s largest wooden made ship was built in 1909 by a firm called Percy & Small. The ship was 137.16 m long and its weight was estimated 4,000 tones. The Wyoming was equipped with a Hyde anchor windlass and a donkey steam engine. One of the investors was the governor of Wyoming State therefore the ship were named as Wyoming. It costed almost $175,000.

USS Dunderberg (115 m)

The second biggest wooden made ship was built in New York, USA. It was 115 meters long, 22.2 meters beam with the speed of 15 knots. The ship was built to sell it to US navy; though it was not completed before American Libration War. The Dunderberg was then rejected by US navy and later scrapped in 1874.

Caligula’s Giant Ship (104 m)

This ship was used to transport the obelisk in St. Peter’s Square from Egypt on the orders of Roman emperor Caligula. Caligula’s Giant Ship was 104 meter long and a beam of 20.3 meters that could also carry 800 crow members. The ship was also called the round ship.

Pretoria (103 m)

The Pretoria Ship was built in West Bay City, Michigan. Its main purpose was to use it on the Great Lakes. World’s forth largest ship was 103 meter long, 13.3 meter wide and 7 meter in depth. The ship could carry 5,000 tons of iron ore, 175,000 bushels of wheat, or 300,000 bushels of oats. Unfortunately, this wonderful ship sunk due to a storm in 1905

Great Republic (102.1 m)

The ship was planned to be launched on September 4, 1853 but because of the rapid increase in timber’s price; it was delayed till 4 October, 1853. Two months later on December 27, the ship was destroyed by fire. The ship was sold to Captain Nathaniel Palmer who rebuilt and modified it. The Great Republic was renamed as Denmark when it was purchases by the Merchants’ Trading Company. It had the capacity to carry 5,000 tons of weight with approximate speed of 19 kn (35.2 km/h). The nineteen year old ship was finally abandoned in 1872.

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