Episode 309: Merchant Ships of the Eighteenth Century
Aug 17, 2021 · During our exploration, Phillip reveals details about the eighteenth-century British merchant ship and its technological development; Information about ship building and what ship buyers looked for when purchasing a new vessel; And, how and why shipowners undertook the important work of risk mitigation when it came to conducting their ...
Category:18th-century ships - Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 18th-century ships. This category is for ships launched in the 18th century. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
List of ships captured in the 18th century - Wikipedia
Naval engagements were common throughout the 18th century, and repeatedly resulted in the capture of enemy vessels. These ships were often renamed and subsequently incorporated into the capturing nation's navy. Merchant ships were also seized and repurposed for military service.
Listing of Historical Sailing Ship types and nomenclature. - Age of …
Fluyt: A classic three-masted, square-rigged merchant ship of the 17th and 18th century, invented by the Dutch to be economical in operation, carrying the largest cargo and smallest crew possible.
Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1853 : Lloyd's Register Foundation ...
Feb 17, 2020 · The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self-propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.
Maritime history of the United States (1800–1899) - Wikipedia
During the 18th century, ships carrying cargo, passengers and mail between Europe and America would sail only when they were full. However, in the early 19th century, as trade with America became more common, schedule regularity became a valuable service.
Eighteenth-century colonial American merchant ship construction
In this study, several of these shipwrecks were examined in light of economic factors and the literary evidence from the period in an attempt to gain a better understanding of colonial American merchant ship construction in the eighteenth century.
18th Century Merchant Shipping in the Atlantic
Aug 25, 2021 · By the eighteenth century, the Atlantic Ocean had become a busy highway of ships crisscrossing its waters. What do we know about the ships that made these transatlantic voyages and connected the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world …
Journeys in Time: Ships - Vessels - Macquarie University
Merchant Ships Sea-going merchant ships were generally built on the same principles as warships, with the same system of framing and planking, and similar principles of rigging. Vessels of more than about 250 tons were generally ship rigged, with three masts.
The Ronson Ship: An Early Eighteenth-Century Merchant Ship …
Feb 28, 2023 · Dr. Warren Riess co-directed the excavation of an early 18th-century colonial merchant vessel initially known as the Ronson Ship in Lower Manhattan. Dr. Riess shared the results of more than four decades of post-excavation research and analysis that led him to identify the ship and uncover its role in the developing the 18th-century Atlantic World.
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