Vessel Types
It is often said: "a boat can fit on a ship, but a ship can't fit on a boat."
Click on the links below to learn more about different vessels!

• "All Aboard a Tall Ship"
    barque [Sea History 111: pages 26-7]

• "Build Yourself a Boat in One Day"
   boatbuilding [Sea History 105: page 24] 

• "X-Wing Fighting Ships"
    experimental ships [Sea History 104: page 36]

• "A Blast from the Past"
    gunship [Sea History 105: page 24]

• "Hard Water Boating"
   iceboats [Sea History 106: page 27]

• "The Monitor and the Merrimack's Second Battle?"
    ironclads [Sea History 108: page 21]

• "The Titanic's Other Survivors"
    lifeboats [Sea History 105: page 24]

• "History's First Watercraft"
    rafts [Sea History 105: page 26]

• "Ro-ro, Row Your Boat"
    ro-ro (roll-on, roll-off) vessels [Sea History 114: page 21]

• "Munity on the Bounty"
   schooner [Sea History 121: page 34]

• "The Christmas Tree Ships of Lake Michigan"
   schooner [Sea History 113: page 22]

• "The Many Lives of Ernestina"
    schooners [Sea History 114: page 22]

• "A Cargo of History in a Kansas Field"
    steamships [Sea History 104: page 36]

• "A Groundbreaking Steamboat Voyage"
   steamships [Sea History 105: page 26]

• "Lost in a Storm of Confusion"
    steamships [Sea History 107: page 27]