Colonial Shipwright

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Colonial Shipwright

• By Corey Lucey

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Building a ship

• The ships were always made on the dock because
  docks always had a sawmill to construct the ship
  and they liked to keep the ship near the water.

http//www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp
?id20135
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Tools and resources for shipbuilding

• Hammers
• Needles
• Axes
• Saws
• Metal
• Wood
• Strips of bark

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Education/training

• They needed to be good at actually getting
  resources themselves and they had to be good at
  building all parts of a ship not just 1 or 2 and
  they probably didnt work alone they might have a
  experienced shipwright with them.
• Resources wood and metal

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Furniture for sailors

• The forgers were the ones who made the furniture
  and the furniture was put in the sailors quarters.

http//www.colonialfurniture.co.uk/
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Problems sailors had

• Seams in the ship would let water in so they used
  oakum strips to cover up the seams and then they
  put pitch on them but it still leaked so they had
  to pump the bilge everyday.

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Artisans they needed

• Blacksmiths
• Painters
• Carpenters
• Net makers
• Rope makers
• sail makers

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Launching ceremony

• A clergyman always blessed the ship before it
  left.
• Example John Wise was a clergyman

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wise_(clergyman)
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How ships were helpful

• Even rich people back then didnt have any other
  means of transport so it was either by water or
  land. Most people would take a ship for a long
  trip but if it was a couple miles away they would
  go by land.

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Weapons/arms for ship and crew

• Cannons were installed in the ship for protection
  against other ships and the crew had weapons such
  as swords,axes,pikes,grenades/fireballs,muskets,pi
  stols and other kinds of weapons.