Ships Through the Ages: The Ship of Romance - "Great Harry"
Built by King Henry VIII in the 16th century, this vessel was of more than a thousand tons burden and it carried 34 large guns and a vast armament of smaller guns. It was called "Great Harry" which served as a ... More
Ships Through the Ages: Pirate Dhow, Spanish or Venetian Galley, Spani...
Pirate Dhow. This is a typical 16th century dhow, a grab-built, lateen-rigged vessel of Arabia, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. It has the usual long overhang forward, high poop deck and open waist. Th... More
Ships Through the Ages: Great Carrack, Spanish Caravel, Galleass
Great Carrack. The word "carrack" was in common usage in every European language during this period. The Portuguese, who seem to have been the originators of this type of 16th century vessel, spelled it "carrac... More
Ships Through the Ages: Frigates "Constitution" and "Boston"
"Old Ironsides" as the "Constitution" is affectionately called because her wooden walls were so hard to pierce, was launched at the Boston Navy Yard in 1797. She carried 52 guns and was considered the finest ex... More
Ships Through the Ages: Dreadnought, "The Sovereign of the Seas," Ketc...
Dreadnought -- "The Sovereign of the Seas." "The most splendid of them all." Built in 1637 by Charles I, the dreadnought "Sovereign" might easily have been a contemporary of the "Great Harry," which was 120 yea... More
Ships Through the Ages: Topsail Schooner - "Enterprise," Brig - "Somme...
Old Salem Bark. The bark was a typical packet of the era between the War of 1812 and the day of the clipper ship. / Brig "Sommers." A ship that has only two masts, both square-rigged, is a brig, a type of vesse... More
Ships Through the Ages: Junk
This characteristic vessel of Chinese and neighboring waters has bluff lines, very high poop deck and overhanging stem, little or no keel, and high masts carrying big sails. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Ships Through the Ages: Ultra-Modern Liner - "Queen Mary"
This liner was launched from Clydebank, England, in September, 1934 and would not be entirely completed until 1936. It is a mammoth ship whose cost was $4,500,000. It is a Cunard-White Star Liner, and as such, ... More
Ships Through the Ages: Magellan's Ship - "Victoria"
In this ship, Ferdinand Magellan started upon a great and eventful expedition. He discovered the straits, which bear his name and crossed the broad Pacific. Although Magellan himself was killed in the Philippin... More
Ships Through the Ages: Robert Fulton's "Clermont"
In the year 1807, the "Clermont," named after the country home of a friend of Fulton's, proceeded from New York to Albany under its own steam, a distance of 130 miles in 30 hours. Fulton's "Clermont" was not th... More
Ships Through the Ages: The "Dreadnought," The Clipper Ship - "Flying ...
The "Dreadnought." This 19th century vessel was a fore-runner of the modem armored warship. "The Dreadnought" was the queen of the clipper fleet and was commanded by Captain Samuel Samuels of the American merch... More
Ships Through the Ages: Yacht "America," Ships of the Line - "Pennsylv...
Yacht "America." The sailing yacht is the blue ribbon craft of the sea, and American yachts have never failed in the supremacy that was first won by the schooner yacht "America" in English waters in 1851. Since... More
Ships Through the Ages: "Governor Ames," "Gertrude L. Thebaud," The La...
"Governor Ames" -- five-masted schooner. This is an American five-masted schooner, now a vanishing type of vessel. There are few left on the seas at present. / "Gertrude L. Thebaud." A modem American fisherman ... More
Ships Through the Ages: The Old "Hollandia," Schooner, Hendrik Hudson'...
The Old "Hollandia." This ship was built during Holland's naval supremacy of the 17th century. Like many Dutch vessels, it was superior to those of other nations in two important details: it had larger cargo sp... More