Basic Ship Types
Basic Ship Types, Characteristics and related hazards
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A ship is a huge vessel which moves within the water; they are of two main categories, namely; the modern ships and the ancient ships. Both the two categories get their power to sail on water from the wind energy. The traditional types are often fixed with masts which contain a number of sails fixed on each of the masts. They can be referred to as very complex vehicles which are very large; they usually have long time sustainability in their environments, they must also be very reliable to degrees of high levels within their environments (Martin, 1980).
Initially before the invention of the ship, boat had been in use for very many centuries. The invention of the first ship was during the 3000 B.C., these were the ancient war ships and the vessels which were used by the merchants; these vessels were distinctively designed as they served different purposes; the warships were majorly designed for launching attacks, raiding and defending various territories while on the other hand, the merchant ships were designed for the purposes of transportation, they were used for transporting cargo. During this era, the constructions of the ship were done from various materials and in different shapes and sizes (Zanic et al, 2005).
The ship is a combination of three major skillful areas namely; the naval architect skills, the skills of the officer in charge of navigation and lastly the skills of the engineering officer or the marine engineer. The naval architectural skills is the one which is concerned with the ship itself, its construction and the capability of the ship to provide the type of endurance which is required by its environment. The second skill is the one possessed by the navigation officer who is charged with the responsibility that the ship sails smoothly and safely, and that its contents; humans and the cargo be safely navigated to their destinations (Martin, 1980). The engineer
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Institution
A ship is a huge vessel which moves within the water; they are of two main categories, namely; the modern ships and the ancient ships. Both the two categories get their power to sail on water from the wind energy. The traditional types are often fixed with masts which contain a number of sails fixed on each of the masts. They can be referred to as very complex vehicles which are very large; they usually have long time sustainability in their environments, they must also be very reliable to degrees of high levels within their environments (Martin, 1980).
Initially before the invention of the ship, boat had been in use for very many centuries. The invention of the first ship was during the 3000 B.C., these were the ancient war ships and the vessels which were used by the merchants; these vessels were distinctively designed as they served different purposes; the warships were majorly designed for launching attacks, raiding and defending various territories while on the other hand, the merchant ships were designed for the purposes of transportation, they were used for transporting cargo. During this era, the constructions of the ship were done from various materials and in different shapes and sizes (Zanic et al, 2005).
The ship is a combination of three major skillful areas namely; the naval architect skills, the skills of the officer in charge of navigation and lastly the skills of the engineering officer or the marine engineer. The naval architectural skills is the one which is concerned with the ship itself, its construction and the capability of the ship to provide the type of endurance which is required by its environment. The second skill is the one possessed by the navigation officer who is charged with the responsibility that the ship sails smoothly and safely, and that its contents; humans and the cargo be safely navigated to their destinations (Martin, 1980). The engineer
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