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Thomas, Ron. & Sydenham, Shirley. 2016. Ships and boats: a timeline. [online]  www.kidcyber.com.au

Other webside: http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=aa14

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Hydrofoil used as ferries or water taxis. Hydrofoils ride on wings that lift the boat clear of the water so that it rides on skis as it gains speed.

Container ships carry cargo in huge, metal boxes which are stacked on the deck.

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Cruise liners are ships that carry many hundreds of people on floating holidays.

Modern nuclear powered aircraft carriers, battle cruisers, destroyers,and nuclear powered submarines are all used to keep a country safe and to protect its territory.

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The N.S. Savannah, one of the first nuclear powered cargo ships, was able to sail for three and a half years without refuelling.

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Coal-burning sailing ships were converted to diesel power, using oil instead of steam.

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Some steam driven river boats had rear paddles and were called 'stern wheelers' while others had paddle wheels on either side.

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Hovercraft could float above the waves on cushions of air and were capable of speeds of up to 140 km an hour

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The first ocean-going liners made of iron and driven by a propeller were being built from this time. The propellers were on the bottom of the ship, underwater at the rear (stern) of the ship.

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The first steamships to cross the Atlantic combined steam and wind power.

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In the 1800s, fast sailing ships called 'clipper ships' were built. They had long, slim hulls and tall masts.

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Three and four masted sailing ships were in service for several centuries. These wooden ships were used as battleships, by explorers, and as trade vessels carrying cargo from country to country.

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Chinese junks were sailing boats with a rudder for steering the boat, battens on the sails to give them greater strength, and watertight compartments long before western ships had them. They were fighting and transport ships.

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Viking longboats

These ships had sails as well as up to 60 oarsmen who rowed the ship. The longboats were long and narrow so were able to travel on the open sea, as well as along rivers.

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The Phoenicians (people from the ancient civilisation of Canaan – now Lebanon and Syria) used the galley, a man-powered sailing vessel, to travel and trade and fighting with their neighbours.

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The Egyptians were building wooden boats that could sail across oceans.

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Egypt used reeds to build what were probably the first sailing boats.