Recent Developments in Ship Reconstruction

DOCUMENT Citation Only Benjamin Rennison.

3D to 2D to 3D ‘ The reconstruction of the H.L Hunley’s Forward Crew Compartment.Since its recovery and excavation, archaeologists have employed advanced 3D measurement techniques to document the H.L Hunley submarine. The archaeological team has employed the traditional survey techniques such as; photography and illustration to record the vessel, and most notably, employed advanced techniques such as; 3D point measurement systems, laser scanning, color structured light scanning, and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Warren Riess.

In 1982 Warren Riess and Sheli Smith directed the excavation of the Ronson ship in Manhattan, New York. Subsequent research led to its identification as Princess Carolina, built in Charleston, South Carolina in 1717; an analysis of its hull led to a determination of how the shipwright designed the ship. It is somewhat different from the extant design manuscripts of the period. This paper is an illustrated presentation of the steps the shipwright took to design the shape of the hull and his...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Irena Radic Rossi. Mariangela Nicolardi. Mauro Bondioli. Filipe Castro.

The shipwreck near the islet of Gnali’, not far from the coastal town of Biograd na Moru, is one of the most significant post-medieval sites in the Mediterranean. According to recently recovered information, this ship was built in 1569 in Venice and lost in 1583 near the Gnali’ Island, in today’s Croatia, on a trip from Venice to Constantinople, the Gagliana grossa was a large Mediterranean merchantman with a long history. Found in the early 1960s, this shipwreck was looted, salvaged, and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Scafuri. Maria Jacobsen. Benjamin Rennison.

Recent developments in the investigation of the American Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley have revealed new clues about the nature of the spar-mounted torpedo delivery system used to sink the USS Housatonic on the night of February 17, 1864. The deconcretion of the end of the bow spar has revealed the remnants of the attached torpedo, confirming that the torpedo was detonated while still attached to the spar. This paper will present current research on the Hunley’s spar torpedo, how it was...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Xabi Agote.

La txalupa des basques , ou baleinière à rames et à voile de 28 pieds, constitue l’embarcation la plus universelle de l’humanité et aussi la moins connue à cause de la confusion générale de la terminologie : à peu près jamais associée aux basques, elle apparaît tantôt comme chalupa, chaloupe, shallop, sloop, viscayenne, chalupka etc. Elle semble être apparue il y a environ un millénaire, et devint à travers le temps l’embarcation de choix de la majorité des marines du monde comme...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kotaro Yamafune.

Namban screens are a well-known Japanese art form that was produced between the end of the 16th century and throughout the 17th century. More than 90 of these screens survive today. They possess substantial historical value because they display scenes of the first European activities in Japan. Among the subjects depicted on Namban screens, some of the most intriguing include ships: the European ships of the Age of Discovery.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jose Luis Casaban.

The Spanish silver galleons of the Indies Run are probably the most famous and mythical ships of the seventeenth century but, what do we really know in relation to their design, construction, outfitting, and life aboard? Current perceptions of Spanish galleons have been determined largely by the valuable cargo they transported. However, the design of these vessels, probably one of the most advanced and specialized of its time, was determined by economic, political, technical, and social factors....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Filipe Castro. Irena Radic Rossi. Jose Casaban. Kotaro Yamafune. Sebastian Govorcin. Matko Cvrljak.

The remains of the large merchantman Gagliana grossa, lost in 1583 near the little island of Gnali’, in the Adriatic Sea, a few miles from Biograd na Moru, in today’s Croatia, represent a rare opportunity to study the conception of large Venetian ships in the mid-sixteenth century. This paper relates the ongoing mapping of the shipwreck site, carried out by a joint team of the Universities of Zadar and Texas A&M during the summers of 2012 and 2013.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Samuel Cuellar.

Ships’ bells have long been of interest in maritime history. Despite this, however, not much is known on the origin, design, and use of ship bells’ prior to the 18th century. The lack of adequate research on this topic limits the understanding of how bells came to be aboard ships, where they were first created, and how they changed stylistically over time and place. All of these elements may prove crucial in providing contextual information to sites discovered with an associated bell. This paper...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rodrigo Torres. Kotaro Yamafune.

On December 2012, a joint team composed of students from the Netherlands (Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency), the United States (Texas A&M University), and Brazil (the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at University of Bahia) carried out an expedition on a 17th century Dutch and Portuguese shipwreck site off the coast of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The short 2012 field season entailed the recording of current conditions of the site and the creation of a 3D siteplan based on archaeological data....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kelby Rose.

This paper will present the latest developments in an effort to virtually construct and deconstruct the hull of Vasa, the Swedish warship sunk in 1628. Based on detailed measurements taken at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, advanced 3-dimensional modeling allows for detailed structural analysis. These models are being used to determine the principles of naval architecture used by shipwrights to design Vasa’s hull. This project represents a significant methodological step forward in the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Grace Tsai.

WARWICK, an English race-built galleon belonging to Sir Robert Rich, arrived at Castle Harbor, Bermuda on October 20th, 1619. Its mission was to bring settlers, supplies, and Captain Nathaniel Butler, from England to the newly established plantation colony at Jamestown, Virginia. At the end of November, a hurricane drove the ship into shallow reefs and steep cliffs where it sank. WARWICK was fully excavated under the direction of Dr. Piotr Bojakowski and Dr. Katie Custer between 2010 and 2012....