Why The World's Largest Wooden Ship, The Wyoming, Was A Bad Idea From The Start
The Wyoming held the distinction of the largest wooden boat of its time, but this wasn't necessarily a good thing. Here's the ...
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Wood sticking out of sand dune in Iran turns out to be century-old shipwreck. See it
Archaeologists removed the sand dune, then built a “protective wall” with “thousands ... Archaeologists radiocarbon dated the wood and concluded the ship was “likely constructed in the late eighteenth ...
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Build a Tree-Ring Timeline
The science can also reveal the origin of old pieces of wood. In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in Denmark, they also learned that it was built in Ireland.
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Century old wooden ship buried at N.S. beach uncovered by heavy rains
The ships are in Summerville ... the boat partially uncovered is the Hamburg, a three-masted wooden vessel with square sails built in nearby Hantsport and launched in 1886. The Hamburg as pictured ...
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Titanic sister ship Britannic's fittings sold at auction
Ornate carved wooden panelling from HMHS Britannic, one of the Titanic's sister ships built at Harland and Wolff, has fetched more than a quarter of a million pounds at auction. Two items from the ...