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Viking ship Drakkar
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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
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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.
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Venetian Galley
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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.
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Monoreme Galley
ARGO
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Argo was the ship Jason sailed with the Argonauts in
quest of the Golden Fleece. Athena supervised the
construction of this largest ship ever built and
fitted the bow with a speaking timber that could
render prophecies. Jason
men included Heracles, Orpheus, and other
heroes from all over Greece.
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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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Greek Trireme
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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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Byzantine Dromon
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The dromons were the most important warships of the
Byzantine navy from the 6th to 12th centuries AD.
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.
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Caesar's galley
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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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Troy
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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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Treasure Boat
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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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Egyptian Transport boat
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Egyptians
pioneered the development of river craft and there
were many different types built for various uses.
Sailboats were used a lot by Egyptians. They
were steered by two oars and had only one square
sail. The earliest record of a ship under sail is
depicted on an Egyptian pot dating back to 3200BC.
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Roman Merchantman
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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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Galilee boat
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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.
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Hawaiian Catamaran
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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
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Polynesian Boat
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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
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Egyptian merchant ship
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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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King Khufu's ship
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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. Sign
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Queen Hatshepsut's ship
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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. Sign
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Cinque Port Ship
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Before England established a proper navy, the
Confederation of the Cinique Ports was a local
organization that provided its own ships for the
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Hansa Cog
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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. Sign
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Bremen Cog
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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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Kon Kiti
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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
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