Ancient ships that successfully plowed the vastness of the ancient seas were built according to technologies that turned out to be very successful from the point of view of hydrodynamics and are still used in shipbuilding. Experts in the history of technology have found that the technical solutions and engineering techniques of ancient shipbuilders are worthy of respect and admiration.
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Step 1
Researchers bit by bit collected information about the techniques used by ancient shipbuilders. These technologies have evolved and improved over the centuries, turning into a special art. The experience was accumulated by generations of masters and passed on to followers. This is how the main principles of navigation were derived and the foundations of the hydrodynamics of ships were laid.
Step 2
The traditional technology of building a ship, used in ancient times, is familiar to every modern ship modeler. The first stage in the construction of an antique ship was the construction of a frame or skeleton, which included a keel, post, stringers and frames. Such a rigid structure was subsequently sheathed with boards, giving the hull certain contours. This method of building ships is very natural and in its main features has been preserved to the present day.
Step 3
But the cunning shipbuilders of antiquity went even further. Modern archaeological finds indicate that ancient craftsmen often changed the order of performing technological operations. Sometimes, at first, the skin was made by pulling it layer by layer onto pre-prepared templates corresponding to future frames. Then these ribs were sequentially inserted into the body in two or three tiers. This technology made it possible to quickly put the construction of ships on stream.
Step 4
Stream production of ships required an appropriate organization. There is evidence that in the places where the ships were built there were special hangars, where the blanks and already completed parts of the ships were stored. There, if necessary, the complete assembly of the entire structure was performed.
Step 5
In the sources there are indications that ships often assembled at such shipyards were disassembled and transported over long distances, where they were reassembled and launched. Such an organization of the production process made it possible to quickly and with minimal expenditure of manpower and resources launch entire military fleets into operation.
