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Sailing Ships

Historically, sailing ships were the primary means of transportation across long distances of water (e.g. rivers, lakes, oceans) before the invention of the first workable steam engines. They were used for carrying cargo, passengers, mail, supplies etc. Large vessels and their heavy cargoes were and are only transportable under sail power using square rigged vessels. In modern times sailing ships are less common but are still used in some parts of the world, such as the Indian Ocean, as commercial vessels. Small sailing boats are still used for fishing in developing countries. There are also many tall ship training vessels that provide recreational sailing.
Sailing ships were also used for military purposes, particularly in the age of sail. The Spanish convoys bringing back gold and silver from the newly discovered Americas were initially easy prey for other suitably equipped attack ships. These Spanish galleons were, principally, merchant vessels and so needed protection from these pirates and privateers. Later as global empires came into existence the major means of communication with them were the sailing ships. These ships where transferring trade goods and personnel often between the home nation and its colonies. These routes were then subject to predation by other vessels in both small battles and global wars. Hence large naval battles were fought between the United Kingdom, France, Spain and the Netherlands for control of the high seas and the communication they made possible.
The sailing ship was generally replaced by the steamship during the later half of the 19th century for reasons of speed. The original reciprocating engine steam ships were in their turn replaced by ships with steam turbine and diesel engines. Today's cargo vessels are faster and more reliable than sailing ships, as they do not rely on sails or the vagaries of the wind. However, sailing ships are still in use in many parts of the world, both for pleasure and work. And, as fuel prices increase, the economics of wind power have increased interest in commercial sailing vessels again
A bird in the HannityGrist Magazine, WA - Oct 9, 2008We're sailing ships with nuclear power plants. Visit the French, the British, the Japanese, they all reprocess spent nuclear fuel. What Sen. ... |
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Gently does it on Bruny IslandNEWS.com.au, Australia - Oct 7, 2008The bay was a favoured landfall for sailing ships coming out of the southern ocean passage. Not only is it a sheltered and extensive anchorage but there are ... |
Got Ship’s Cargo? Go Fly A Kite!Defense Industry Daily, MD - Oct 9, 2008One of the most interesting possibilities discussed was the return of high-tech sailing ships, which used sails or even kites made of advanced materials in ... |
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Winery in Santa Fe has a big monthHouston Chronicle, United States - Oct 6, 2008During colonial times, sailing ships heading for the New World bought gallons of the stuff, both for ballast and protection from scurvy, then fortified it ... |
Challenge FORCE 11: Toulon to host tall ships racesBYM News (press release), Spain - Sep 24, 2008In 2007, the Mediterranean city of Toulon turned itself to the sea in successfully organizing the Tall Ships Races. This event did welcome close to million ... |
Embassies: Archaic, Dangerous, ExpensiveTampa Tribune, FL - Oct 7, 2008Back in the day of sailing ships — which were invented, I think, by either Al Gore or Joe Biden — the nearly total lack of rapid communications between ... |
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