Builder Ebenezer Cox | ||
Place built Kingsport, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
Skoda was a barquentine built in Kingsport, Nova Scotia in 1893 by shipbuilder Ebenezer Cox.
Contents
Background
Skoda, a barquentine weighing 658 tons, was built in Kingsport, Nova Scotia in 1893. She was built by Ebenezer Cox and marked the end of his thirty year shipbuilding career, and was also the last vessel built and launched in Kingsport during the shipbuilding era.
Ebenezer Cox built Skoda for C. Rufus Burgess of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, who was the main purchaser of ships in the area.
Shipbuilder
In his time, Ebenezer Thomas Cox (b. 19 Dec 1828, d. 8 Sept 1916) was one of the leading shipbuilders. He spent thirty years as designer and master builder at the shipyard in Kingsport. He built thirty ships during this span, with his ships averaging at 1,000 tons each. Cox died in Kingsport, Nova Scotia in 1916 at the age of eighty-eight years.
Later Use
Burgess owned the barquentine until 1900 when the Barquentine Skoda Company, Limited of Wolfville, Nova Scotia took ownership. In 1912, the Skoda was sold to Lester Ashley Rodden of Mobile, Alabama and was registered at that port in 1915.