Weird and wonderful ships

By Graeme Cook

Subjects: sea voyaging, ships, transportation

Description: Of all forms of transport, water-borne craft are among those which have been around the longest. In the history of ships, which ranges from the first dug-out canoe to the nuclear-powered ocean-going ship of today, craft selected both weird and wonderful, some conceived by crack-pot inventors, others born in the minds of brilliant men whose contribution to ships and shipping has made sea voyaging what it is today.