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Revision as of 10:50, 20 June 2018

This is a timeline of water transport.

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Time period Development summary
20th century The container revolution in shipping begins in the late 1960s.[1]

Full timeline

Year Category Event Geographical location
45000 BC 4The first humans arrive in Australia, presumably by boats and land bridge. Australia
6000 BC Egyptians already travel in reed boats.[2] Egypt
4500 BC Mesopotamians add sails to their boats.[2] Irak
3500 Oar-powered ships sail Eastern Mediterranean seas.
1575 BC – 1520 BC Dover Bronze Age Boat, the oldest known plank vessel, is built.
6th century BC The Canal of the Pharaohs is built in Egypt. Egypt
542 BC First written record of a trireme.
247 BC The Lighthouse of Alexandria is completed. Egypt
214 BC The Lingqu Canal is built. China
c.200 AC Junks are developed in China. China
984 AC Pound locks are used in China.[3][4][5] China
c.1000 AC Leif Ericson reaches North America. This is the first recorded crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
1088 Chinese polymath Shen Kuo first describes a magnetic compass in his Dream Pool Essays.[6][7][8] China
1620 Dutch engineer Cornelis Drebbel builds the world's first submarine.[9][10][11] Netherlands
1783 French engineer Claude de Jouffroy constructs the first recorded steamboat.[12][13][14]
1787 American inventor John Fitch designs the first steamboat in the United States.[15][16][17] United States
1803 Scottish engineer William Symington's Charlotte Dundas, generally considered to be the world's first practical steamboat, makes its first voyage.[18][19][20]
1804 "Oliver Evans (claimed to have) demonstrated a steam-powered amphibious vehicle."
1807 The passenger steamboat is invented in the United States. "Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat, the world's first commercially successful steamboat, makes her maiden voyage."
1807 French inventor Nicéphore Niépce patents his Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine.[21][22][23] France
1819 " SS Savannah, the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean partly under steam power, arrives at Liverpool, England from Savannah, Georgia."
1861 The Elizabeth Watt is generally credited for being the first ship to transport a cargo of oil across the Atlantic.[24]
1861 The USS Ice Boat (1861) launches as the first purpose-built icebreaker.
1864 Ictineo II becomes the first submarine powered by an internal-combustion engine.
1869 The Suez Canal opens. Egypt
1895 The Kiel Canal opens. Germany
1893 The Corinth Canal opens. Greece
1897 The Turbinia is launched. It is the first vessel to be powered by a steam turbine.
1911 Glenn Curtiss builds an early hydroplane.[25][26][27] United States
1911 "Selandia launched, the first ocean-going, diesel engine-driven ship."
1914 The Panama Canal opens.[28][29][30] Panama
1915 "The Luftkissengleitboot Hovercraft, the first hovering vehicle was created by Dagobert Müller. It could only travel on water."
1918 The HMS Furious (47) becomes the first aircraft carrier used in warfare.
1955 USS Nautilus (SSN-571) launches as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel. United States
1957 Malcom McLean's Gateway City, the first ever ship specifically designed to carry containers, makes its first voyage from New Jersey to Miami.[31] United States
1966 Sea-Land’s Fairland sails from the United States to the Netherlands with 236 containers on-board, in the first international container ship voyage.[31] United States, Netherlands
1966 Around 1% of countries have container ports.[31]
1977 Soviet icebreaker Arktika makes the first surface voyage to the North Pole.[32][33][34]
1994 The “Chunnel” opens, linking France and England with rail service and a tunnel for passenger cars.
2006 To meet increased demand for cruise ships, Freedom of the Seas is introduced and becomes the largest cruise liner ever. It has 18 decks and can carry 4,000 passengers.
2009 delivery of Royal Caribbean’s “Project Genesis,” which will be 43% larger than any other cruise ship, weighing 220,000 tons and carrying 5,400 passengers.

Meta information on the timeline

How the timeline was built

The initial version of the timeline was written by User:Sebastian.

Funding information for this timeline is available.

What the timeline is still missing

Timeline of transportation technology page 625, [1], [2], [3], Maritime timeline

Timeline update strategy

See also

External links

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