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Viking ship Drakkar

 


Nothing is as symbolic of the Vikings as the longship or drakkar. The drakkar was a warship designed to carry fearless Viking warriors on their raids across Europe over a millennium ago.


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Viking ship Gokstad

 


The Gokstad ship was found in a large burial mound at the Gokstad farm in Sandar, Vestfold in 1880.  The ship had been built around 890 A.D. and later used in the ship burial of an important chieftain who died around 900 A.D.  The dead man, a powerfully built man in his 60's, lay in his bed in a timber burial chamber.  He was buried with his grave furnishings which consisted of three small boats, a tent, a sledge and riding equipment.

 


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Greek Trireme

 


The Trireme was the "state of the art" fighting ship designed to be able to cover long distances quickly under oar and sail, and in battle to ram enemy ships with devastating effect.  These super vessels were used in many naval battles, including the important battle of Salamis in 480 BC when the Greeks defeated a Persian force that far outnumbered them. 

 


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Venetian Galley

 


October 7th, 1571, an important naval battle between the Christians and Ottomans occurred in the strait between the gulfs of Pátrai and Corinth, off Lepanto, Greece.  The fleet of the Holy League commanded by John of Austria (d. 1578) opposed the Ottoman fleet under Uluç Ali Pasha.  The allied fleet of 200 galleys consisted mainly of Spanish, Venetian, and papal ships.  It carried approximately 30,000 fighting men and was about evenly matched with the Ottoman fleet...
 

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Treasure Boat
 

Over 600 years ago, Zheng He led a mighty armada on the first of seven voyages on a mission of diplomacy and trade. The armada included treasure boats (or Bao-Chuan), which are the largest wooden ships ever built (30 times larger than the Santa Maria.)

 

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Caesar's galley

 


Roman warships were fearsome weapons and a major factor in the expansion of the Roman Empire.  A unique "proboscus" on the front of the ship was a reinforced ram used to spear enemy ships.
 


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Roman Merchantman

 


Dating from before the time of Christ and remaining in use for several centuries after, the merchant ships of the Roman Empire represented an important stage in the evolution of the cargo ship.  Some of these vessels were very large, like the ones used for carrying grain from the fertile Nile valley to Rome.  The could measure 180 feet long.  
 

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Dromon

 


The dromons were the most important warships of the Byzantine navy from the 6th to 12th centuries AD.  They were indirectly developed from the ancient trireme and were usually propelled by both oar and sail.  The dromons had a central tower near the main mast, from which the marines could use their bow and arrows or throw spears and other projectiles. Dromons were frequently equipped with flamethrowers that discharged Greek fire and catapults capable of hurling 10 kg projectiles up to 250 meters.  Many dromons were also armor-plated against enemy rams.
 


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Troy

 


When Achilles leads his ship first to the Trojan beach, Agamemnon asks Nestor, "will he take the beach with just 50 men?"  

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Hawaiian Catamaran

 


The first Hawaiian's are believed to have sailed north from the Marquises and Tahitian islands, on catamarans around 500 B.C. These incredibly seaworthy double hulled canoes averaged 70 feet in length, and could carry an entire village of 50, on eight-month-long voyages.


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Japanese traditional boat

 

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Polynesian Boat

 

When Captain Cook arrived in Tahiti, Tahitians sailed out to greet them in double-hull boats that could sail circles around the H.M.S. Endeavour. Captain Cook’s artist made drawings of these boats and anthropologist quickly decided that this was the type of boat the Polynesians used to populate the Pacific Ocean.   SOLD.

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Kon Kiti

 


The balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki was built as a copy of a prehistoric South American vessel.  Constructed of nine balsa logs, a crew of six men sailed the raft from Callao in Peru the 28th of April 1947 and landed on the island of Raroia in Polynesia after 101 days. This successful voyage of c.4300 miles proved that the islands in Polynesia were within the range of this type of prehistoric South American vessel. A documentary of the voyage won an Oscar in 1951 and the book about the expedition has been translated into no fewer than 66 languages.
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King Khufu's ship

 


The oldest known vessel in existence is this royal barge of Egyptian king.  Dating from 2657 BC, it was found sealed in a pit at the foot of the Great Pyramid at Giza in 1954. The larget structure on the deck was a stateroom for the deceased pharaoph.... The ship has been restored and is now on view at the Khufu Ship Museum at Giza.  
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Queen Hatshepsut's ship

 


The first great woman ruler in history was Queen Hatshepsut.  During her reign, waterborn commerce flourished.  Grandest of all ships was her huge 200' long x 70' wide cargo barge that was used to transport 2 massive rock obelisks.  Each of these stone blocks was about 100 feet long, and weigh 350 tons.  The barge itself is massive, 200 feet long and 70 feet wide, with a full capacity of 1,500 tons. 
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Noah's Ark

 


This model is based on Ron Wyatt's theory.  The boat has a central keel and 4 other keelsons that ran the entire length of the the hull.
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Galilee boat

 


The Galilee boat dated to the general time of Jesus' ministry. It was the type used by Jesus and the Twelve, and was large enough to hold 13 men. It may have been in use at the same time He sailed the sea.  Sign up for updates: Wish List or have it faster: commission it.
 

Monoreme Galley

 


One of the most important and widely used types of ships in the ancient world, this type of vessel survived well into the 18th century.
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Greek Bireme

Although not the original inventor of they galley, the Greek lavished the most time and effort on developing it. 
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Egyptian merchant ship

 


Sails became the primary means of propulsion, and their use freed up valuable space on board for cargo.  These merchant ships were the forerunners of the mighty cargo ships of today.
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Cinque Port Ship

 


Before England established a proper navy, the Confederation of the Cinique Ports was a local organization that provided its own ships for the service of the country in wartime....
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Hansa Cog

 

 


This ship was used by the Hanseatic League. They were an alliance of trading cities that established and maintained a trade monopoly over most of Northern Europe and the Baltic for a time in the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period (between the 13th and 17th century). The Hanseatic Cog differed from others of the time as they added bow and stern castles for defense against pirates, and used them as warships. These are historic leap in ship designs that are still used today. 
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Bremen Cog

 


The Bremen Cog is especially important because prior to its discovery, the only available evidence of what cogs looked like came from the official seals of Hanseatic towns and their coinage. The hull form had been evolving for 1,500 years. From the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries the cog dominated trade between the Baltic and North Sea ports of the Hanseatic League. Cogs also traded to the Mediterranean, and by the early 1300s the type was being copied by shipwrights from Spain to Venice.
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