WebA cog is a type of ship that first appeared in the 10th century, and was widely used from around the 12th century on. Cogs were clinker-built, generally of oak.These vessels were fitted with a single mast and a square-rigged single sail.They were mostly associated with seagoing trade in north-west medieval Europe, especially the Hanseatic League.Typical …

WebA cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another.Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade.Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the task, often being equipped with cranes and other mechanisms to load and unload, and …

WebThe Oseberg ship (Norwegian: Osebergskipet) is a well-preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway.This ship is commonly acknowledged to be among the finer artifacts to have survived from the Viking Era.The ship and some of its contents are displayed at the …

WebHistory Nitrate trade. Peking was launched in February 1911 and left Hamburg for her maiden voyage to Valparaiso in May of the same year. After the outbreak of World War I she was interned at Valparaiso and remained in Chile for the duration of the war. Awarded to the Kingdom of Italy as war reparations, she was sold back to her original owners, the Laeisz …

WebThe tall ship Elissa is a three-masted barque.She is based in Galveston, Texas, and is one of the oldest ships sailing today. Launched in 1877, she is now a museum ship at the Texas Seaport Museum. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. The Texas Legislature designated Elissa the official tall ship of Texas in 2005.

WebToday many sailing-school ships are barques.[citation needed]A well-preserved example of a commercial barque is the Pommern, the only windjammer in original condition.Its home is in Mariehamn outside the Åland maritime museum. The wooden barque Sigyn, built in Gothenburg 1887, is now a museum ship in Turku.The wooden whaling barque Charles …

WebThe man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or simply man) was a Royal Navy expression for a powerful warship or frigate from the 16th to the 19th century. Although the term never acquired a specific meaning, it was usually reserved for a ship armed with cannon and propelled primarily by sails, as opposed to a galley which is propelled primarily by oars

WebThis is a list of historical ship types, which includes any classification of ship that has ever been used, excluding smaller vessels considered to be boats. The classifications are not all mutually exclusive; a vessel may be both a full-rigged ship by description, and a collier or frigate by function. ... Cog Plank built, one mast, square ...

WebKommuna is a submarine salvage ship in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet and the world's oldest active duty naval vessel. A double-hulled catamaran, she was laid down at the Putilov Factory (now the Kirov Factory) in St. Petersburg in November 1912 as Volkhov.The ship was launched the following year, and commissioned on 14 July 1915. …

WebThe Khufu ship is an intact full-size solar barque from ancient Egypt.It was sealed into a pit at the foot of the Great Pyramid of pharaoh Khufu around 2500 BC, during the Fourth Dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom.Like other buried Ancient Egyptian ships, it was apparently part of the extensive grave goods intended for use in the afterlife.The …