Sea Transportation

first recorded naval battle

1175 BCE

Invention of the rudder

1 CE

Christopher Columbus' first voyage

1492

first voyage from Europe to China

1513

first circumnavigation

1522

first "submarine"

1620

first steam boat

1783

first electric boat

1839

first ironclad warship

1859

first purpose-built icebreaker

1861

First battleship

1869

first speedboat

1890

first turbine-powered ship

1894

first diesel-electric ship

1903

Titanic sank

1912

First aircraft carrier

1922

first American vessel to be equipped with radar.

1937

first purpose-built container ships

1951

first nuclear-powered vessel

1955

first practical hovercraft

1957

discovery of titanic wreck

1985

worlds biggest boat

1988

first manned expedition to the North Pole seabed.

2007