Ships: Ship and Vessels

When the stream ship was first invented, it was more of a slow procedure, for getting cargo from one place to another, but it was a start, and of course the longer time went on someone would come up with a way to improve the shape, structure and speed the boat could go. Which is exactly what happened, and the modern day cargo vessel can handle most storms and have engines, which is something fitch didn't have. But if they didn't have boats in the 18-1900's they wouldn't of been able to go and carry the amount, and as far as a steamboat could.

The days when a ship navigation officer had to use more difficult tools and ways to plan and navigate a voyage at sea are long gone. Today a ship officer has vast amount of marine navigation equipment which makes his life a lot simpler, thanks to the advancement in technology.

In the nineteenth century, commercial whalers began using whole fleets to hunt whales, with each ship given a specific role. The largest ship, found at the center of the fleet, was the factory ship. At the heart of these ships are many tanks. Christopher Ash worked as chief chemist on the factory ship Balaena, and in his book Whaler’s Eye, comments on the massive tanks found in these ships. “Balaena really is a tanker, and almost all of her hull…is subdivided into thirty-six tanks. It is rather like an egg crate with nine rows, each of four tanks extending across the ship, and each tank able to take some five hundred tons of fuel or Diesel oil, which will be replaced—after cleaning—by whale or sperm oil, or perhaps meat meal; sometimes they must be filled with sea water as ballast. These tanks are impressively large, being well over thirty feet deep; so that when standing on the bottom and looking up to the one small square of light far above, it is difficult to believe that we can produce enough oil to fill the whole of that volume in twenty hours (Ash, 1962, p.19).” Underneath the tanks is the bottom of the boat. Above the tanks is the tank deck. This holds the centrifuges used to separate oil and glue water, as well as driers and bagging machines

The innovation of maritime technology has revolutionized travel throughout history. Prior to ships and sea travel, humans were separated by vast oceans and confined to their homeland for life. Because of these large boundaries, discoveries and inventions were only shared within land masses and trade as a whole was very limited. This uncharted, inaccessible territory caused a major separation of mankind. However, these oceans sparked curiosity and desire for explorers to venture beyond their native land. This curiosity was the driving force to the invention of naval travel, a highly important and massive step for all growing communities during the Age of Exploration. Maritime technology’s advancements through history greatly aided in the Age of Exploration, allowing provinces to break their land boundaries and make monumental steps towards the advanced world humans populate today.

Each of these ships are defined by their size and number of masts, but each can serve a similar purpose. Usually that purpose is engaging in combat or transport.

Between 1000 and 1300 CE, sea routes was the main factor that led to an explosion of global trading. There were some positive changes in certain tools that made long-distance trade safer. Navigational aids were upgraded and mapmaking improved a lot because it helped travelers on sea get to their destination faster with no problems. People also build more ships because it was an important source that transports large amounts of goods across the sea. Compared to animal-drawn wagons that can carry up to ten pounds worth of goods, dhows can carry at least five tons of goods. Needle compasses were also useful because it gave people precise directions on where to go. This way, it saves a lot of time and traders can avoid any pirates that want to

boats and We now use gas instead of sails, the boats are also are more high tech.

This new era created not only economic advancements, and opportunities, but major advancements in general. Bigger and better ships were developed and designed, ships like a Galleon, Carrack, Caravel, and many more. These

Marine Systems: It designs and builds submarines, surface combatants, auxiliary ships and large commercial vessels.

Privateers were ships that preyed on enemy shipping to capture British materials with the cost of their own privateers. Diverted British manpower allowing small victories and more gold.

Ships have been around for thousands of years, we used them to conquer other countries, to transport food and people, and for our enjoyment. We always need someone to make sure that those ships are running perfect and that it will make it home safe. Those people that work in the ships are called Marine Engineers they are the ones that make sure the ships will make it home. Even though we have been making bigger and better ships we still look back at the older ships and how the Marine Engineering program began.

The innovation is not around today; however, its existence spurred the creation of other medieval European ships and aspect of its design can be still seen today, such as with the common speedboat. Not until Medieval times was the superiority of the longship able to be surpassed by “mainland Europe’s later advancements in shipbuilding, where the taller, more powerful ships dominated over the short and swift Viking craft” (“Viking-Age History). Nevertheless, no other watercraft can ever compare to the glory of the longship, with its ingenuity and its versatile design in being able to travel both forwards and backwards, and having the fastest traveling speeds of its day. The longship allowed the Vikings to “colonize, trade and ultimately extend the boundaries of the medieval world”, which changed the course of history (“Viking Ships -

The very first sailboats date back to egyptian and phoenician times in around 4000 BCE. In war sailboats date all the way back to the vikings and they used them in war, colonization, and trading. The sails on a sailboat originally were made from flax, hemp or cotton taking a variety of canvas forms, but today sails are made of synthetic fibers like nylon or polyester. In the 16th to mid-19th century was the Age of Sail. The Age of Sail was when sailing ships dominated trade routes and warfare at sea. These ships were also used to transport European explorers to the new worlds. Some examples of these ships used during those times are the Clipper and the Barque. Overall, sailboats were used in warfare during early times from the Egyptians to

Reefer ships are a refrigerated cargo ship; a type of ship typically used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled transportation, such as fruit, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products and other foods. Carrying capacities depend on the number electrical outlet of that ship.

According to Waters (2010) water transport has not been used to it’s full potential therefore there has been a decline in sea transport, this is due to the lack of proper terminals. But according to Harrison & Fichtinger (2013) containerised ocean transport has become the lifeline of nearly all global supply chain, because of the increased amount of global processes, outsourcing and offshoring. Mason & Nair (2013) states that today, there are more than 80% of world trade by sea, such as raw materials and manufacturing outputs are carried inter-regionally around the globe.