Albert Ivano Surendra

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UNIT 01

SHIP

Ship, any large floating vessel capable of crossing open waters, as opposed to a boat,
which is generally a smaller craft. The term formerly was applied to sailing vessels having three
or more masts; in modern times it usually denotes a vessel of more than 500 tons of
displacement. Submersible ships are generally called boats regardless of their size.

Boats are still vital aids to movement, even those little changed in form during that 6,000-
year history. The very fact that boats may be quite easily identified in illustrations of great
antiquity shows how slow and continuous had been this evolution until just 150 years ago. And
though that was the time when steam propulsion became predominant, it never was anywhere
universal in local transport. Because some solutions to the problem of providing water transport
were eminently successful and efficient several millennia ago, there are a number of boats still in
use whose origins are lost in prehistory. The first sea-going sailing ships were developed by the
Austronesian peoples from what is now Taiwan. Their invention of catamarans, outriggers, and
crab claw sails enabled their ships to sail for vast distances in open ocean. It led to the
Austronesian Expansion at around 3000 to 1500 BC. From Taiwan, they rapidly colonized the
islands of Maritime Southeast Asia, then sailed further onwards to Micronesia, Island Melanesia,
Polynesia, and Madagascar, eventually colonizing a territory spanning half the globe

Because the ship uses a steam engine The advantages of a steam turbine include the
Steam Turbine having an even power, the use of steam is very efficient both at low or low
pressure, very small vibration, Small fuel consumption and very large power, and also has other
advantages such as being able to transport people and goods. Capable of transporting large
amounts of cargo, able to travel long distances. Weakness of the ship ,equires pier and harbor.
Requires a wide track to facilitate movement. The travel time required is still longer than the
plane. Easily damaged if not maintained, can sink if it leaks, if overloaded it will sink, travel
time is longer.