About this book
To attempt to describe within limits of one book the whole evolution of the ship from the days of her crude beginnings and limited utility to the present time, when she has become so essential a feature of modern life, may seem to be an ambitious scheme. The term ship denotes so much, and includes so many different types, that it would be utterly impossible to deal with the subject fully in any single book of moderate dimensions, and for all but a few readers such a volume would be not only too large, but too technical. - Summary Adapted from the Preface
Chapters (19)
1The First Ships of the Nile
2The Early Ships of the Mediterranean
3The Evolution of the Ship in Northern Europe
4The Development of the Ship in the Middle Ages
5The Ship During Tudor Times
6The Ship in Stuart Times and After
7The Final Development of the Sailing Ship
8The Advent of Steam
9The First Steam Warships
10The Turret Man-of-War
11The Evolution of the Ocean Steamship
12The Modern Liner
13The Perfecting of the Steam Man-of-War
14The Modern Man-of-War
15The Ship in Action
16The Mercantile Marine, and Yachting
17The Fishing Fleets
18Lifeboats and Lightships
19The Sailing of the Ship
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