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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
ltwilliammowett

Masterlist - Ship Types, design, building, development and parts

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Frigates with Oars- here

Floating citadels- here

Royal Navy Dockyards of the 17th and 18th century- here

Footropes- here

Early naval guns- here

Weapons at Sea- here

Navy Board Model- here 

Hämeenmaa- here

Ship’s decorations : the broadside of a ship- of- the- line- here

The cockpit- here

Galleasses- here

Crow’s Nest- here

Clinker and Carvel build hulls- here

Ship’s Bell- here

The development of the rudder- here

The 74- gun ship- here

The Capstan- here

Ship’s wheel- here

The True Frigate- here

The Galley- here 

The Hanseatic League and the Cog- here

Block and Half Models- here

Sprit sail and Jib- here

Different Rating of a Ship- here

What is a Hermaphrodite Brig ?- here

Anchors- here

Decoration and changing shape of the stern on ships of the line- here

The Rating System- here

Ship’s boats- here

Ship Camels- here

Fireships- here

Figureheads- here

Bomb Vessels- here

Rocket ships and the HMS Erebus (1807)- here

What is a Nef ?- here

How to build a ship after  L'Album de Colbert , 1670- here

Fluyt- here

Call of nature- the Toilett- here

Portholes- here

Whaler ships- here

The rapid development of the stern in the years of establishment of the sixth rate- here

Merchant ships- here

Gloire- the French first (semi) Ironclad- here

Steam and Screw- here

The carronade- here

The Development of the Rig of SS Great Britain- here

Sheer Hulks- here

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The cockpit - here

The development of the sail plan - 10th - 17th century -here

The Pohjanmaa / Pojama- here

Felucca -here

Skyscraper - here

The Yacht - here

The Lougre/ Lugger - here

The Binnacle -here

War Galleys of the 17th and 18th centruy -here

The Bum-boat - here

The Corvette -here

Galleons - the construction -here

Floating Churches - here

The Whaleboat, early 19th century - here

Wardroom and Gunroom -here

Unrated Vessels- Cutters, Gunboats, Other Ships and Hired Vessels -here

Ship Paint -here

Anchor Cable - here

The development of the Bow of First Rate, Ships- of- the-line 17th-18th century - here

Unrated Vessels Brigs and Schooners -here

HM Floating Dock - here

Xebec - here

Hospital Ships - here

The Masting Sheer - here

Underrated Vessels- The Sloop -here

The first  sailing ships - here

The Top - here

Surgeons dispensary - here

Sickbay - here

reference tall ships sailing
fuckyeahnaturalphilosophy

sea shanties masterpost

fortuitoussstarfish

“one man cannot bring in the anchor. ten men cannot bring in the anchor. but together we can.”

making this because it’s useful for my specific brand of dramaturgy and i generally have a good deal of feelings about sea shanties. these are the result of far too much time searching around for shanties that are both authentic and have a tune that can be found on the internet. organized by theme.

these can all be done a capella, obviously, but if you want accompaniment, getting your hands on a concertina would be ideal.


General Shanties

Roll the Old Chariot Along (David Coffin)

Haul Away, Joe (The Eskies)

Rant and Roar (Howling Gael)

Haul Away the Bowline (The Exmouth Shantymen)


Departing

Away Rio (David Coffin)

Leave Her, Johnny (Coda)

The Rosabella (skip to 3:15) (Wareham Whalers)

Off to Sea Once More (The Black Irish Band)

Clear Away in the Morning (Great Bay Sailor) 

South Australia (Johnny Collins)

Randy Dandy Oh (Johnny Collins)


Girls

With You, Fair Maid (skip to 14:30) (Before the Mast)

Spanish Ladies (unknown artist) (psa this one is in moby-dick!!)

Bully in the Alley (skip to 24:10) (Before the Mast)

London Julie (Three Sheets to the Wind)

Excursion Round the Bay (The Fables)

The Maid of Amsterdam (The Roaring Trowmen)


Storms

Round Cape Horn (Cyril Tawney)

Fish in the Sea (youtube user threelegsomen)

To Old Maui (skip to 9:28) (Before the Mast)


Drinking

The Boatman’s Cure  (John Roberts)

Drunken Sailor (Irish Rovers)

Fifteen Men (unknown artist)


Newer/Environmentally Conscious

No More Fish, No More Fisherman (David Coffin)

The Last Leviathan (skip to 13:40) (Fisherman Friends) (bit of a stretch to call this a shanty per se but it’s really good and sad so)

reference cool sailing words
fuckyeahnaturalphilosophy
a-social-construct:
“ themightyglamazon:
“ gehayi:
“ queenofeden:
“ perplexingly:
“ Daughter of a gun (ノ´ヮ´)ノ*:・゚✧ No idea if such a thing existed but surely there had to be girls born on board in the Age of Sail?
”
*puts on obnoxious historian...
perplexingly

Daughter of a gun (ノ´ヮ´)ノ*:・゚✧ No idea if such a thing existed but surely there had to be girls born on board in the Age of Sail?

queenofeden

*puts on obnoxious historian hat*

*clears throat*

there were actually tons of women and girls on board ships during the age of sail and it’s really cool history that no one!!! ever!!! talks about!!! 

like captains of merchant ships used to bring their wives and children on board for long voyages all the time (and of course there were plenty of well known female pirate ship captains, and women cross-dressing as men, and prostitutes that more people seem to know of)

there’s actually a really amazing story of one woman, Mary Ann Patten who was the wife of the captain of this ship called Neptune’s Car. Captain Patten decided that he wanted her onboard with him and she was super about this and learned all about navigation and sailing and everything. so this one voyage they’re going around the tip of south america when her husband gets sick and is bed ridden with a fever right as the ship sails into one of the worst storms any of the crew had ever seen and it looks like they might lose the ship or have to stop

so you know who takes over??? the first mate??? 

no.

MARY

she took over the whole crew and sailed that ship through freezing water and pack ice and had it coasting smoothly into the san francisco harbour like it was nothing. and she did this all at age 19. while pregnant.

at one point the first mate tried to get the crew to mutiny against her but they all rallied with her and told him to shut the heck up because she obv knew what she was doing.

there’s a great book about women in the age of sail called ‘female tars’ by suzanne stark that i cannot recommend enough and has way more amazing stories and insights about the myriad roles women and girls played aboard ship during that time period.

(sorry i totally didn’t mean to hijack your post i love all of your art and this is gorgeous i just got over excited sorry sorry sorry)

gehayi

We need links!

Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail by Suzanne Stark

Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea by Joan Druett

Hen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail by Joan Druett

Iron Men, Wooden Women: Gender and Seafaring in the Atlantic World, 1700-1920 edited by Margaret S. Creighton and Lisa Norling

Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920 by Joan Druett

Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World by Jane Yolen

Seafaring Women: Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways and Sailors’ Wives by David Cordingly

The Captain’s Best Mate: The Journal of Mary Chipman Lawrence on the Whaler Addison, 1856-1860 by Mary Chipman Lawrence

Women Sailors and Sailors’ Women: An Untold Maritime History by David Cordingly

themightyglamazon

I’M GONNA GET A LIBRARY CARD AS SOON AS I GET AN APARTMENT AND READ LITERALLY ALL OF THESE AND WEEP TEARS OF PROUD SISTERHOOD

a-social-construct

I personally know Lisa Norling and Suzanne Stark; they’re awesome women and their books are awesome.

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