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“Among sailing vessels, the distinction between ships and boats is that a ship is a square-rigged craft with at least three masts, and a boat isn’t. With regard to motorized craft, a ship is a large vessel intended for oceangoing or at least deep-water transport, and a boat is anything else.”
Ships and boats are two of the oldest types of transportation and were first built thousands of years ago. The boats were large but were narrow and long, allowed them to travel along rivers as well as the open sea. 1100 AD: The Chinese began to use boats that they called junks.
The earliest documented ships were built by the ancient Egyptians, beginning about the 4th century BCE.
The earliest boats and the Pesse Canoe The oldest boat to ever have been recovered, the Pesse Canoe, is believed to be from the early Mesolithic Period, from around 8,000 years BCE. The small canoe can be seen at the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands.
10 Oldest Ships in the World Which Have Survived to This Day
USS Olympia
For almost 73 years, the USS England has set a record for most subs sunk by a single ship. That record remains unbroken. Destroyer escorts were the econo-warships of the U.S. Navy in World War II.
The US Navy lost over 350 ships during World War II, but less than 30 since then. These are the most notable losses.
“Old Ironsides”: The Unsinkable Ship. The U.S.S. Constitution was never defeated in battle. Despite its nickname, “Old Ironsides,” it was a wooden ship.
the Royal Navy