Timeline of water transport

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This is a timeline of water transport, focusing on the evolution of watercraft.

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Time period Development summary
20th century The container revolution in shipping begins in the late 1960s.[1]
21th century There are more than 6,000 container vessels currently in service.[2]

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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.[3] Egypt
4500 BC Mesopotamians add sails to their boats.[3] Irak
3500 BC Oar-powered ships sail Eastern Mediterranean seas.[3]
2000 BC? The Canal of the Pharaohs is built in Egypt.[4] Egypt
1575 BC – 1520 BC Dover Bronze Age Boat, the oldest known plank vessel, is built.
542 BC First written record of a trireme.
247 BC The Lighthouse of Alexandria is completed.[5][6][7] Egypt
214 BC The Lingqu Canal is built. It is the earliest canal recorded in history.[8][9][10] China
c.200 AC Junks are developed in China. China
984 AC Pound locks are used in China.[11][12][13] 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.[14][15][16] China
1620 Dutch engineer Cornelis Drebbel builds the world's first submarine.[17][18][19] Netherlands
1783 French engineer Claude de Jouffroy constructs the first recorded steamboat.[20][21][22]
1787 American inventor John Fitch designs the first steamboat in the United States.[23][24][25] United States
1803 Scottish engineer William Symington's Charlotte Dundas, generally considered to be the world's first practical steamboat, makes its first voyage.[26][27][28]
1804 American inventor Oliver Evans builds an early amphibious vehicle.[29][30][31] United States
1807 American engineer Robert Fulton develops its North River Steamboat, the first commercially successful steamboat.[32][33][34] United States
1807 French inventor Nicéphore Niépce patents his Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine.[35][36][37] France
1819 The SS Savannah makes the first transatlantic crossing by a steamship, from Savannah, Georgia to London.[38][39][40] United States, United Kingdom
1861 The Elizabeth Watt is generally credited for being the first ship to transport a cargo of oil across the Atlantic.[41]
1861 The USS Ice Boat (1861) launches as the first purpose-built icebreaker.[42][43] United States
1864 Ictineo II, by Spanish engineer Narcís Monturiol, becomes the first submarine powered by an internal-combustion engine.[44][45][46] Spain
1869 The Suez Canal opens.[47][48][49] Egypt
1893 The Corinth Canal opens.[50][51][52] Greece
1895 The Kiel Canal opens.[53][54][55] Germany
1897 The Turbinia is launched. It is the first vessel to be powered by a steam turbine.[56][57][58] United Kingdom
1911 Glenn Curtiss builds an early hydroplane.[59][60][61] United States
1911 The MS Selandia becomes the first important ocean-going vessel to be diesel powered.[62][63][64] Denmark
1914 The Panama Canal opens.[65][66][67] Panama
1915 Austrian naval officer Dagobert Müller von Thomamühl creates the first air cushion torpedo speedboat.[68] Austria
1918 The HMS Furious (47) becomes the first aircraft carrier used in warfare.[69][70][71] United Kingdom
1955 USS Nautilus (SSN-571) launches as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.[72][73][74] 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.[2] 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.[2] United States, Netherlands
1966 Around 1% of countries have container ports.[2]
1977 Soviet icebreaker Arktika makes the first surface voyage to the North Pole.[75][76][77]
1983 90% of countries have container ports, up from 1% in 1966.[2]
2003 The Magdeburg Water Bridge opens. Germany
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.
2018 MS Symphony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship by gross tonnage at 228,021 GT, sets sail from Barcelona.[78] Spain

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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

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