page_title: Shipbuilding
hierarchical_section_title: Shipbuilding
context_page_description: Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.
  Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both commercial and military, are referred to as "naval engineering". The construction of boats is a similar activity called boat building.
  The dismantling of ships is called ship breaking.
context_section_description: Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels.  It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard.  Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.
  Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both commercial and military, are referred to as "naval engineering".  The construction of boats is a similar activity called boat building.
  The dismantling of ships is called ship breaking.
caption: An expedition's shipwrights building a brigantine, 1541
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