source www.fanpop.com Chinese Junk Pirate Ship A junk is a boat used in China. Junks usually have around two or three sails but sometimes have four. Each mast is made of bamboo. Bamboo is used because it is so strong that you don’t need very many ropes. Very large junks (about 150 meters or 492...
Baltimore Clipper Harvey Model Ship The Harvey was built in 1847 in the state of Maryland. She was an able sailer working out of the port of Galveston Texas. At the turn out the Century she was making several voyages a year between Galveston and the ancient Jewish port of Jaffa which at the time...
Cutty Sark with sails set. Photograph taken at sea by Captain Woodget with a camera balanced on two of the ship’s boats lashed together. Cutty Sark Clipper Model Ship The Cutty Sark was built in 1869 and is known to be a clipper ship. She was the last clipper to serve as a merchant vessel...
