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  2. Category:17th-century ships - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "17th-century ships" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of ...

  3. Nantucket shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    Nantucket lies 30 miles off the southern coastline of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. By the late 17th century, the few groves of forest trees on Nantucket were gone except for small numbers of isolated oak and beech trees. These relatively few Nantucket forest trees were cut for firewood, fence posts, and short boards for diverse construction projects.

  4. List of longest wooden ships - Wikipedia

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    A replica of the 17th century ship of the same name, commissioned by the Plimoth Plantation living history museum and built in Devon using traditional tools and the original blueprints. Its maiden voyage in 1957 also recreated the original's travel from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts .

  5. List of ship types - Wikipedia

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    A ship whose hull is fitted underneath with shaped vanes (foils) which lift the hull out of the water at speed. Ironclad A wooden warship with external iron plating Junk A Chinese sailing ship that widely used in ancient far east and South China sea which includes many variants such as Fu Ship, Kwong Ship. Karve A small type of Viking longship ...

  6. List of clipper ships - Wikipedia

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    Built to be the fastest sailing ship, she completed 10 voyages before running aground and being abandoned in the East Indies [5] Race Horse — 1850 United States (Boston, MA) Disappeared in 1865 128 ft (39 m) She was an 1850 clipper barque, who set a record of 109 days from New York to San Francisco during the first Clipper Race around the Horn.

  7. Category:1700s ships - Wikipedia

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  8. Griffin (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Griffin was the name of a 17th-century ship known to have sailed between England and English settlements along Massachusetts Bay in British America. Several historical and genealogical references show Griffin making such journeys in 1633 and 1634. The 1633 journey left from Downs, England, and landed at Plymouth in Plymouth Colony on September 3.

  9. Category:Age of Sail merchant ships - Wikipedia

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    Active (1800 ship) Active (1801 whaler) Adamant (1811 ship) Admiral Barrington (1781 ship) Admiral Cockburn (1814 ship) Admiral Colpoys (1792 ship) Admiral Gambier (1807 ship) Admiral Kingsmill (ship) Admiral Laforey (1797 ship) Admiral Mann (1800 ship) Adriatic (1811 ship) Æolus (1783 ship) Agamemnon (1811 ship) List of ships named Albion ...