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The coracle was invented in Egypt by the Egyptians. It was the first boat. Were made of reeds. -
The reed boat was invented in Phoemia an Greek by the Phoemians and Greeks. Somo ships had 2 or 3 decks of oars. -
The chinese junk was invented in China by the Chinese. It had a six-blade propeller instead of side poddle wheels. -
The hovercraft was invented in U.K (England) by Christopher Cockerell. It skims over the water on a cusheion of air. -
Christopher Cockerell was born on the 4th of June of 1910 and he died on the 1st of June of 1999. He lived in Cambridge (England).
In 1959-1961 he invented the hovercraft (with the first public demostration in 1959). He invented that becouse it ocurred to him that if the entire boat were lifted out of the water the boat would effectively have no drag. -
The Jet Ski was invented in the USA by Clayton Jacobsen. -
Nowadays the Queen Mary 2 is the largest ship of this kind. It can carry 2620 passengers and 1253 crew members.