# History of Wooden Shipbuilding

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## Contents

  * 1 Khufu's Barge
  * 2 Dashur Boats
  * 3 Middle Kingdom Boat Timbers at El-Lischt
  * 4 New Kingdom Transports: The Punt Ships and Obelisk Barges of Queen Hatshepsut
  * 5 The Wall Paintings of Thera and Ship Design in the Aegean, 1500 BC
  * 6 Hull Remains at Uluburun
  * 7 Hasholme logboat
  * 8 North Ferriby Boats
  * 9 The Olympias
  * 10 The Wreck at Madrague de Giens
  * 11 The Two Nemi Ships
  * 12 L'epave 2 de L'anse des Laurons
  * 13 The Serce Limani Vessel
  * 14 The Wrecks of the Molasses Reef
  * 15 The Red Bay Galleon
  * 16 The Charon
  * 17 The Herculaneum Boat and Kinneret Boat
  * 18 The Burlington Bay Horse Ferry Wreck
  * 19 The Ronson (Water Street) Ship
  * 20 Eminent American Shipbuilders of the Early Nineteenth Century
  * 21 The Eagle
  * 22 The Peacock
  * 23 Sailing Packets
  * 24 Piscataqua River Gundalow
  * 25 The Phoenix
  * 26 The Propeller Indiana
  * 27 Bulk Cargo Schooners of the Late 19th Century
  * 28 The Following Ships are listed in Other Sections of This List

  
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####  Khufu's Barge

Lipke, P. 1984. The Royal Ship of Cheops, a Retrospective Account of the Discovery, Restoration and Reconstruction. BAR International Series 225, Archaeological Series 9. Greenwich: National Maritime Museum. 

Jenkins, Nancy. 1980 The Boat Beneath the Pyramid: King Cheops’ Royal Ship. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 45-109. 

Mark, Samuel. 2009. “The Construction of the Khufu I Vessel (c.2566 BC) : a Re-Evaluation.” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 38(1): 133-152. 

Ward, C.W. 2000. Sacred and Secular: Ancient Egyptian Ships and Boats. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America. Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 45-67, 107-128. 

####  Dashur Boats

Creasman, P.P. (2005) _The Cairo Dashur Boats_. M.A. Thesis, Texas A&M University. 

Haldane, C.W. (1984) _The Dashur Boats._ M.A. Thesis, Texas A&M University. 

Landström, B. (1970) _Ships of the Pharaohs: 4000 Years of Egyptian Shipbuilding._ Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 

Patch, D.C. and C.W. Haldane. (1990) _The Pharaoh's Boat at the Carnegie._ Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 

Steffy, J.R. (1994) _Wooden Ship Building and the Interpretation of Shipwrecks._ College Station: Texas A&M University Press. 

Ward, C.W. (2000) _Sacred and Secular: Ancient Egyptian Ships and Boats._ Boston: Archaeological Institute of America. Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. 

####  Middle Kingdom Boat Timbers at El-Lischt

Haldane, Cheryl Ward. "Boat Timbers from El-Lischt: A New Method of Ancient Egyptian Hull Construction. Preliminary Report" MM(1988) 74: 141-152. 

Haldane, Cheryl Ward. "Egyptian Hulls and the Evidence for Caulking" IJNA (1990) 19.2: 135-137. 

####  New Kingdom Transports: The Punt Ships and Obelisk Barges of Queen Hatshepsut

Casson, Lionel. Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World 

Clarke, Somers and Engelbach, R. Ancient Egyptian Masonry 

Faulkner, R.O. "Egyptian Sea-going Ships" Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 26: 3-9. 

Landstrom, Bjorn. Ships of the Pharaohs 

####  The Wall Paintings of Thera and Ship Design in the Aegean, 1500 BC

Doumas, C. Thera, Pompeii of the Aegean 

Gillmer, T. "Theories on Ship Configuration in the Bronze Age Aegean" 1st International Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity 1985. 

Morgan, L. The Miniature Wall Paintings of Thera 

Wachsmann, S. "The Thera Waterborne Procession Reconsidered" IJNA 9 (1980) 287-295. 

####  Hull Remains at Uluburun

Bass, G.F. "A bronze age shipwreck at Ulu Burun (Kas): 1984 campaign" AJA 90: 293-296. 

Bass, G.F. "A late bronze-age shipwreck at Kas, Turkey" IJNA 13:27 1-279. 

Bass, G.F. "The Bronze Age shipwreck at Ulu Burun: 1986 Campaign" AJA 93: 17-29. 

Pulak, C.M. A Late Bronze Age Shipwreck at Ulu Burun: Preliminary Analysis (1984-1985 Excavation Campaigns). 

Pulak, C.M. "The Bronze age shipwreck at Ulu Burun" AJA 92: 33- 37. 

Pulak, C.M. "The Search for a Bronze Age Shipwreck" Archaeology 38:4 18-24. 

####  Hasholme logboat

McGrail, S. (1988). "Assessing the Performance of an Ancient Boat - The Hasholme Logboat." _Oxford Journal of Archaeology_ 7(): 35 - 46 

McGrail, S. (2001). Boats of the World: From the Stone Age to Medieval Times. New York, Oxford University Press. 

McGrail, S. and Martin Millett (1987). "The Archaeology of the Hasholme Logboat." _The Archaeological Journal_ 144: 69-155. 

####  North Ferriby Boats

Wright, E.V. "The North Ferriby Boats-A Revised basis for reconstruction" Sewn Plank Boats BAR-s276 105-144. 

Wright, E.V. North Ferriby Boats 

Wright, E.V. "Three Major Ancient boat finds in Britain" NMM Maritime monograph #6. 

Wright, E.V. "The Boats from North Ferriby, Yorkshire, England" Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 31 

Wright, E.V. "Prehistoric boats from North Ferriby, East Yorkshire" Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 13. 

####  The Olympias

Basch, L. "Review Article" MM 73 (1987) 93-105. 

Morrison, J.S. The Athenian Trireme 

Morrison, J.S. Greek Oared Ships 

Morrison, J.S. AN Athenian Trireme Reconstructed, BAR 1989. 

####  The Wreck at Madrague de Giens

Pomey, M. Patrice "Le navire romain de la Madrague de Giens" Acadamie des Inscriptions & Belle-Lettres (1982). 

Tchernia, A. "L'épave romaine de la Madrague de Giens" 34th supplement to _Gallia_ , 1978 

####  The Two Nemi Ships

Bonino, Marco. "Notes on the Architecture of Some Roman Ships: Nemi and Fiumicino" Tropis I: 37-53. 

Gianfrotta, Piero. Archeologia subacquea 

Malfatti, Vittorio. "Le navi romane del lago di Nemi" Revista marittima. 

Rubin De Cervin, G.B. "Mysteries and Nemesis of the Nemi Ships" MM 41: 38-42. 

Ucelli, Guido. Le Navi di Nemi 

Ucelli, Guido. "Scienza e tecnica di Roma documentate dall'impresa de Nemi" Quaderni dell'imperoXIX. 

####  L'epave 2 de L'anse des Laurons

Gassend, J.-M, B. Liou and S. Ximénès. "L'épave 2 de l'anse des Laurons (Martigues, Bouche-du-Rhône)" _Archeonautica_ 4 (1984): 75-105. 

####  The  Serce Limani Vessel

Steffy, J. Richard. The Mediterranean Shell to Skeleton Transition: A Northwest European Parallel?? Carvel Construction Technique, R. Reinders and K. Paul, eds. Oxford, 1-9. 1991 

Steffy, J. Richard. "The reconstruction of the 11th-Century Serce Liman vessel: A preliminary Report" IJNA 11.1: 13-34. 

  
**Final Publication**

Bass, George F. Sheila Matthews, J. Richard Steffy and Frederick H. van Doorninck Jr. "Serçe Limani: An Eleventh-Century Shipwreck Vol. 1, The Ship and Its Anchorage, Crew, and Passengers." Texas A&M University Press, 2004 

Bass, George, Berta Lledo, Sheila Matthews, and Robert H. Brill. "Serçe Limani, Vol 2: The Glass of an Eleventh-Century Shipwreck" Texas A&M University Press, 2009 

####  The Wrecks of the Molasses Reef

Oertling, Thomas J. "The Molasses Reef wreck hull analysis: Final report" IJNA 18: 229-243. 

Oertling, Thomas J. "The Highborn Cay wreck: The 1986 field season" IJNA 18: 244-253. 

####  The Red Bay Galleon

Barkham, M. "Report on 16th century Spanish Basque Shipbuilding c. 1550 to c. 1600" Parks Canada Manuscript #443 

Bass, G. Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas 

Grenier, R. "Excavating a 400-year-old Basque Galleon" National Geographic Magazine 168 (1): 58-68. 

Oertling, Thomas. "The Molasses Reef wreck hull analysis: Final report" IJNA 18: 229-243. 

Oertling, Thomas. "The Highborn Cay wreck: The 1986 Field Season" IJNA 18: 244-253. 

####  The  _Charon_

Steffy, F. Richard. The Charon Report Presented to the Conference on Underwater Archaeology 12th Annual Meeting,, January 6,1981. 

####  The Herculaneum Boat and Kinneret Boat

Steffy, R. "The Kinneret Boat Project" IJNA 16 (1987): 325-329. 

Wachsmann, Shelley. "An Ancient Boat in the Sea of Galilee" Atiqot vol XIX (1990). 

Wachsmann, Shelley. "The Galilee boat--2000 year-old Hull recovered Intact" Archaeology in the World of Herod, Jesus, and Paul vol.2 (1990). 

Wachsmann, Shelley. "The Kinneret Boat: The Excavation Report" Ship Construction in Antiquity (1989) 

####  The Burlington Bay Horse Ferry Wreck

Crisman, Kevin J. "'The Singular Horse Ferry-Boat'-A Report on the Archaeology of the Burlington Bay Horse Ferry Wreck" The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Montpelier, Vermont(1990). 

Hill, Ralph Nading. Two Centuries of Ferry Boating on Lake Champlain 

Shomette, Donald. "Heyday of the Horse Ferry" National Geographic vol. 176 4 (1989) 

####  The Ronson (Water Street) Ship

Mohs, M. "The Ship in the City" Eastern Review from Discover Magazine July (1982). 

Riess, W.C. The Ronson Ship: The Study of an Eighteenth Century merchantman Excavated in Manhattan, New York in 1982. 

Riess, W.C. "The Ronson Ship" Sea History Summer (1983). 

Rosloff, J.P. The Water Street Ship: Preliminary Analysis of an Eighteenth Century Merchant Ship's Bow. 

####  Eminent American Shipbuilders of the Early Nineteenth Century

Albion, Robert Greenhaigh. The Rise of New York Port, 1815-1860 

Brown, Noah. "Statement of Noah Brown" Journal of American History 8 (January 1914): 99-108. 

Chapelle, Howard I. The History of American Sailing Ships 

Chapelle, Howard I. The History of the American Sailing Navy 

Chapelle, Howard I. Fulton's "Steam Battery" Blockship and Catamaran 

Chapelle, Howard I. The Search for Speed under Sail 

Crisman, Kevin J. The Eagle: An American Brig on Lake Champlain During the War of 1812. 

Crisman, Kevin J. The Jefferson: The History and Archaeology of an American Brig from the War of 1812. 

Cutler, Carl C. Greyhounds of the Sea 

Griffiths, John Willis. Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture 

Griffiths, John Willis. Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture; or Theory and Practice Blended in Ship Building. 

Griffiths, John Willis. The Ship-Builder's Manuel, and Nautical Reference 

Howe, Henry. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Merchants 

Howe, Octavius. American Clipper Ships, 1833-1858 

Morrison, John H. History of New York Shipyards 

Ridgely-Nevitt, Cedric. "A Light Vessel of 1823 Built by Henry Eckford" The American Neptune V 2 (Apr 1945): 115-120. 

Ridgely-Nevitt, Cedric. "Henry Eckford's United States of 1831" The American Neptune VIII 1 (Jan 1948): 7-10. 

Rosenberg, Max. The Building of Perry's Fleet on Lake Erie 

Sheldon, G.W. "The Old Ship-Builders of New York" Harper's New Monthly Magazine LXV (Jul 1882): 223-241. 

Wheelock, Phyllis Dekay. "Henry Eckford, An American Shipbuilder" The American Neptune VII 3 (Jul 1947): 177-195. 

Whipple, A.B.C. The Challenge 

####  The  Eagle

Crisman, Kevin J. _The_ Eagle: _An American Brig on Lake Champlain During the War of 1812._ Annapolis: The Naval Institute Press 

####  The Peacock

Chapelle, H.I. The History of American Sailing Ships 

####  Sailing Packets

Chapelle, Howard. The Search for Speed under Sail 1700-1855 

Cutler, Carl C. The Story of the American Clipper Ship: Greyhounds of the Sea 

Johnston, Paul Forsythe. "The End of the Age of Sail: Merchant Shipping in the Nineteenth Century" Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas 

Laing, Alexander. American Ships 

MacLean, Duncan. Clipper Ships and Packets 1851-1853 

####  Piscataqua River Gundalow

Adams, J. P. (1984) _The Piscataqua River Gundalow_

Dustin, P. _The Piscataqua Gundalow: A Unique American Vessel._

Taylor, D.F. _The Gundalow_ Fanny M. 

Taylor, D.F. _The Piscataqua River Gundalow_. 

Winslow, R.E., III (1983) _Piscataqua Gundalow: Workhorse for a Tidal Basin Empire._ Portsmouth Marine Society. Portsmouth. 

####  The Phoenix

Davison, Rebecca. The Phoenix Project 

Crisman, Kevin J. Of Sailing Ships and Sidewheelers: The History and Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain. 

####  The Propeller Indiana

Bass, G. Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas 

Desmond, C. Wooden Shipbuilding 

Halsey, J. Beneath the Inland Seas, Michigan's Underwater Heritage 

Halsey, J. Michigan's Great Lake Shipwrecks: Save, Salvage or Excavate" Underwater Archaeology Proceedings from the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference. 

Hill, R. Side Wheeler Saga, A Chronicle of Steamboating 

Labadie, C.P. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: A Submerged Cultural Resources Study 

Lenihan, D. Isle Royale National Park, A Submerged Cultural Resource Study 

Merestier, J.B. Memoir of Steamboats of the United States of America 

####  Bulk Cargo Schooners of the Late 19th Century

Greenhill, Basil. Schooners 

Lesstrang, Jacques. Lake Carriers: The Saga of the Great Lakes Fleet 

MacGregor, David. Schooners on Four Centuries 

Morris, Paul C. American Sailing Coasters of the North Atlantic 

Smith, Edward W. Workaday Schooners: The Edward W. Smith Photographs taken on Narragansett Bay, 1895-1905; Together with Writing and Plans Describing the Designs and Use of Schooners of the Period. 

####  The Following Ships are listed in Other Sections of This List

\+ Medieval Seafaring in Northern Europe 

-Classical Seafaring 

=Post-Medieval Seafaring 

+MNE Blackfriars 

+MNE Sutton Hoo and Graveney 

+Nydam 

+Bevais and Yverdon 

+Kvalsund 

+Gokstad 

+Skuldelev 

+Bryggen and Kalmar 

+Cog-like vessel from the Zuiderzee 

+Utrecht 

+Venetian 15th and 16th Manuscripts of Naval Architecture 

+U34 

-Bon Porte 

=The VOC Amsterdam 

=Mary Rose 

=Cattewater