The Technological Advances in Boats

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  • Period: 60,000 BCE to 45,000 BCE

    First inhabitants arrive in Australia by boat

  • 5000 BCE

    First known case of a sailing boat being built

  • 1175 BCE

    The Battle of the Delta

    The first recorded naval battle
  • 'Junks' are made in China
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    'Junks' are made in China

  • Viking longboats
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    Viking longboats

    The Vikings used these boats to raid other cities and countries
  • 1100

    Leif Ericsson makes it to America

    This is the first recorded crossing of the Atlantic.

  • Willem Janszoon reaches Australia

    The first European to reach Australia
  • The first steamboat is constructed

    The first steamboat is constructed

    Made by Claude de Jouffroy
  • The first commercial steam boat is launched

    The first commercial steam boat is launched

    The North River Steamboat

  • The first steam boat to cross the Atlantic

    The SS Great Britain

  • The Vandal is launched

    The first diesel-electric ship
  • The Titanic

    The Titanic

  • USS Leary

    The first ship to be equipped with radar

  • The uprising of aircraft carriers

  • USS Nautilus

    The first nuclear powered ship

  • GPS is invented

    It is made operational in every ship