Development of Sailing Ships

By ArnauLR
  • Prehistoric boats
    5000 BCE

    Prehistoric boats

    Primitive boats this boats are long , and different type is kayak , canoes.
  • Galley
    120

    Galley

    This ship is the civilitzations greeke,phoenicians,romans
    and the propulsion of the ship is the square sail
    In the photo is a galley romans.
  • Drakkar
    800

    Drakkar

    Drakkar Is a ship viking, the propulsion of this ships is a square sail.
  • Renaissance Ships
    1300

    Renaissance Ships

    In the mediterranean , lateen sails working as windfoils allowed sailing upwind. In the north the rudder had remplaced the side oar. In th ephoto is a coag north.
  • Caravel
    1400

    Caravel

    This ship described as a broad-beamed vessel of 50 or 60 tons in hold. The caravel longer as 160 tons, 75 ft or 23m. Top speed of caravel is 8 knos. Colon use this ship to discovered America.
  • Chinese ships
    1405

    Chinese ships

    The typical vessel is the junk, an efficient design that is fast , and able to sail upwin.
    The sails divided into a number of horitzontal panels by bambo and
    the sail better aeordynamics and allow reducing the sail area for different wind condition.
  • Spanish Galleon

    Spanish Galleon

    Very large ships(1000 tones )
    The Manilla Galleon were reach up to 2000 tons
    From 1565 to 1815 Spanish across one or twice the Pacific ocean beetween Philippines and Acuapulco New Spain.
  • East Indiamen

    East Indiamen

    These weere built by the various East Indiamen companies to merchandise to china.
    In capacity of ship is 600-1500 tons the velocity of this ship 4-5 knots.
  • Carrack

    Carrack

    This ship is from Portugal, the shape "U".
    This is a problem in the east indies because is vulnerable in attack.
  • Clippers

    Clippers

    Is a ship British, the clippers is a fast sailing ships, reaching 20 knots.
    Other ships 5-6 knots.
  • Age of steam

    Age of steam

    The sail ship adjust steam enging to improve the rendibility
    sail until 1890. 1840 the steam ship start the new era of steam.

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