Development of Sailing Ships

Prehistoric boats

5000 BCE

Primitive boats this boats are long , and different type is kayak , canoes.

Galley

120

This ship is the civilitzations greeke,phoenicians,romans
and the propulsion of the ship is the square sail
In the photo is a galley romans.

Drakkar

800

Drakkar Is a ship viking, the propulsion of this ships is a square sail.

Renaissance Ships

1300

In the mediterranean , lateen sails working as windfoils allowed sailing upwind. In the north the rudder had remplaced the side oar. In th ephoto is a coag north.

Caravel

1400

This ship described as a broad-beamed vessel of 50 or 60 tons in hold. The caravel longer as 160 tons, 75 ft or 23m. Top speed of caravel is 8 knos. Colon use this ship to discovered America.

Chinese ships

1405

The typical vessel is the junk, an efficient design that is fast , and able to sail upwin.
The sails divided into a number of horitzontal panels by bambo and
the sail better aeordynamics and allow reducing the sail area for different wind condition.

Spanish Galleon

1593

Very large ships(1000 tones )
The Manilla Galleon were reach up to 2000 tons
From 1565 to 1815 Spanish across one or twice the Pacific ocean beetween Philippines and Acuapulco New Spain.

East Indiamen

1600

These weere built by the various East Indiamen companies to merchandise to china.
In capacity of ship is 600-1500 tons the velocity of this ship 4-5 knots.

Carrack

1600

This ship is from Portugal, the shape "U".
This is a problem in the east indies because is vulnerable in attack.

Clippers

1812

Is a ship British, the clippers is a fast sailing ships, reaching 20 knots.
Other ships 5-6 knots.

Age of steam

1830

The sail ship adjust steam enging to improve the rendibility
sail until 1890. 1840 the steam ship start the new era of steam.