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3000 BCE
The first boats from wooden planks were made by the Ancient Egyptians
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300 BCE
The science of flotation is figured by Archimedes.
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300
Clinker buildings were invented by Vikings.
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The first submarine from wood is invented by Cornelis Drebbel
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First iron-hulled boat is built.
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The Atlantic was crossed in a record 29 days by the steamboat SS Savannah.
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Modern propellers were invented (independently) by Francis Pettit Smith (1808–1874) and John Ericsson (1803–1889).
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A "practically unsinkable" luxury liner called Titanic secures a place in history as the most famous ocean catastrophe of all time when it hits an iceberg and sinks, killing over 1500 people.
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The first nuclear-powered submarine called USS Nautilus was launched by the US Navy