History of ShipsBy: Alex Huff and Brian Jestice

Ancient Egyptian Ships

Ships built for transportation and fishing

Originally built from reeds No internal framing 3000-4000 B.C.

http://www.kingtutshop.com/freeinfo/egyptian-boats.htm

Minoan Ships of Greece

First navy Power in Greece Ships got smaller and faster Had a long lean design Largest could hold 50 oarsmen Around 1500 B.C.

http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/ships.htm

Roman Ships

Discovered outriggers stabilized the ship

180 feet long and 45 feet wide Could hold 1000 people Could carry 1000 tons

http://www2.rgzm.de/Navis/Ships/Ship032/Ship032Engl.htm

Viking Ships

Dated from 1000-1200

They were long ships 80 feet long, 17 feet

wide Used for riding,

colonizing, and trading

Carried weaponry in bottom

http://www.historicships.com/TALLSHIPS/Latina/VikingShip/Viking%20Ship%20al19001.htm

16th Century Ships

Included the Nao, Carrack, and Galleon.

Built for traveling long distance

Were used by Europe and Spain

Had cannons built into the ship

Had a much larger hull than Viking ships

http://www.sdewes.fsb.hr/social.php

18th Century Ships

Armed with up to 50 cannons

Had many specialized ships such as Barque Frigate Gig Transport

18th century ships are looked at like pirate ships

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-456233/Yours-3m--replica-18th-Century-frigate.html

http://www.sailingnetworks.com/boats/view/5896

http://www.privateermedia.com/Boats/boats.htm

Early 20th Century Ships

Had steam engines Developed into double and triple

expansion engines Built for luxury Were the fastest and most powerful ships built

http://webpages.charter.net/suzuya/Liner.html

Modern Ships

Modern ships hold thousands of people and can be over 1000 ft long

Can live in ships for months on end Can burn 300 tons of fuel per day Fastest passenger ship can travel at

33 knots

http://www.waseenterprises.com/theshipthatoutsails.htm

http://www.ships-info.info/mer-Urals-Star.htm

Future Ships (The World) Will have a

residential community living on the ship

Will range from $825,000-$1.6 million to buy a room

$Cost 1.24 billion to build

Have 5,400 passengers

http://psipunk.com/5-floating-cities-and-ocean-utopias/

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