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The channel's first video was a demonstration of the company's American Revolutionary War coats. The channel later shifted to creating mini-documentary historical content. [ 6 ] Today, the channel has published hundreds of videos about a wide range of different aspects of 18th- and 19th-century life, such as log cabin building, cleaning laundry ...
By the middle of the 17th century it became increasingly more common to carry the longboat on board, though not universally. In 1697 some British ships in chase of a French squadron cut adrift the longboats they were towing in an attempt to increase their speed and engage with the enemy. [1] [2]: 15–17 Plans for a 31 ft longboat drawn in 1801.
The jolly boat was a type of ship's boat in use during the 18th and 19th centuries. Used mainly to ferry personnel to and from the ship, or for other small-scale activities, it was, by the 18th century, one of several types of ship's boat. The design evolved throughout its period in service.
In the age of sail, a ship carried a variety of boats of various sizes and for different purposes.In the navies they were: (1) the launch, or long-boat, the largest of all rowboats on board, which was of full, flat, and high built; (2) the barge, the next in size, which was employed for carrying commanding officers, with ten or twelve oars (3) the pinnace, which was used for transporting ...
The dimensions of an 18th-century cutter purchased by the Royal Navy in 1763, and roughly in the middle of the size range of the batch of 30 bought that year (HMS Fly) are: length on deck 47 feet 6 inches (14.48 m), beam 20 feet 10.25 inches (6.3564 m), measuring just over 78 tons bm. Smuggling cutters ranged from 30 tons (captured in 1747) to ...
The 18th century History of the Ming dynasty claims that the largest 15th century junks of the Ming emperors were more than 400 feet (120 m) long, and calculations based on 15+ ft stern rudder posts found have been used to claim total ship lengths of 400 to 600 feet (180 m). However, this has been disputed.
18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ... Pages in category "18th-century ships" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
During the early part of the 18th century British ship designers had made few significant advances in design, whereas French shipbuilding benefited from a remarkably creative period. At the time of the capture of Invincible , there was not one 74-gun ship in the Royal Navy .