Ship construction is a comprehensive text for students of naval architecture, ship building and construction, and for professional naval architects and marine engineers as a refresher on the latest developments in ship types, safety and shipyard practices. Uluburun late bronze age shipwreck excavation institute. Khalid and his team are using traditional phoenician construction methods and materials to build phoenicia. Sanford holst documented this remarkable experience in lebanon. A squat and tubby sailing vessel, rounded at both ends, is used for carrying goods and passengers. In 20082009 a reconstruction of a phoenician mediterranean trading vessel, built at the ancient phoenician port of arwad, will embark on a journey to retrace the phoenicians route around africa. Uluburun late bronze age shipwreck excavation institute of. Ship construction, seventh edition, offers guidance for ship design and shipbuilding from start to finish. The stempost, sternpost, and frames are usually attached to the keel. The final working draft for the phoenician pud rezoning was filed on july 17, 2017 click here to view or download the. The organization of the phoenician settlement in the city presented a consistent morphology.
And setting up the deck, joining it to the closely spaced framesand finished it with long pieces. Phoenician citystates started to emerge around 1500 bce. Phoenician ships made up the bulk of the persian fleet that was defeated by the greeks at the massive sea battle of salamis in 480 bce. They were located along the mediterranean coast which gave them the opportunity to develop the best, most convenient boat building skills in the ancient world. Phoenician galleys of the time were larger and less maneuverable than their smaller greek counterparts, and this was a fatal shortcoming in. Our methods of construction are both reliable and cost efficient utilizing high grade composite materials. The replica of an ancient phoenician ship departed from syria in august 2008, to sail through the suez canal, around the horn of africa, and up the west coast of africa, through the straits of gibraltar and across the mediterranean to return to syria. The phoenicians the direct descendents of the canaanites of the south syrian and lebanese coast were a great maritime people who had developed a high level of ship. The phoenician warship carried two sails and coverings on the deck to hide officers. Basic terminology in construction and design the frames ribs the frames support the beam of the ship. Ship design and construction bow constructions double bottom constructions midship constructions hold constructions engine room constructions tank constructions escape trunk constructions stern constructionss combinated constructions bow constructions top top double bottom constructions top midship constructions top hold constructions top engine room constructions top deep tank.
I know all of this because i designed this popup phoenician ship for my sons social studies presentation. The phoenicians were renowned ship builders and sailors, and they sailed their powerful ships all around, and occasionally out of, the mediterranean for purposes of trade and exploration. The phoenician civilization introduced many different developments to ancient civilizations. The military ship was equipped with a rostrum, a bronze tip fitted on the bow of the vessel in order to ram other ships. Proceedings of the 7th international symposium on ship construction in antiquity edited by h.
Beginning with an introduction to ship building and concluding with the finished product, the book enables the reader to follow the. Shipbuilding had many positive effects on the ancient world. Phoenician architecture ancient history encyclopedia. Shippers and financers, who required an independent opinion on the fitness of a ship to trade and the risk involved. Phoenicia was located on the coast of the mediterranean sea which gave them a great opportunity to advance their knowledge of the sea and create greater technology to gain control of the waters of the mediterranean sea. The phoenicians were innovators, excellent sailors, shipbuilders, skillful traders, and therefore they were called the rulers of the sea, as known from ezekiel 26.
The phoenician art is known to be a composite art based on documents by themselves cosmopolitan. Our designs arent only modern and efficient, but safe as well. The ship building is well underway for sea trials to begin in june 2008. Click here to view staff report and recommendations from the city planning department. From assyrian relief carvings at nineveh and khorsabad, and descriptions in texts such as the book of ezekial in the bible we know that the phoenicians had three types.
In the great days of sail, vessels were designed and built on the basis of practical experience. Boats are still vital aids to movement, even those little changed in form during that 6,000year history. Preliminary report from the field find, read and cite all. Now under new ownership, the phoenician luxury resort will be adding 381 new residential units including condominiums, town houses and single family homes. Phoenician pud rezoning application arcadia camelback. Bow of the miss joann from the starboard side during construction mayport, florida 7507425276. The experiences of the phoenicians in the ancient mediterranean are explored in rich detail and highly readable form in the book phoenician secrets. The vikings and the phoenicians are known as the best. The ship itself was built of lebanese cedar, wood that was prized in antiquity, with the technique of pegged mortiseandtenon joints, and possessed a protokeel rather than a true keel. Ship construction, seventh edition pdf book library.
Phoenician marine boats middle east lebanon beirut. The bones of large creatures, such as kindori, are often used as ship materials by the desperate. A remarkable book the experiences of the phoenicians in the ancient mediterranean are explored in rich detail and highly readable form in the book phoenician secrets drawing back the veil of secrecy surrounding the phoenicians uncovers new glimpses of the early lebanese people as well as romans, greeks, minoans, sea peoples, egyptians and other societies. Ship design and construction bow constructions double bottom constructions midship constructions hold constructions engine room constructions tank constructions escape trunk constructions stern constructionss combinated constructions bow constructions top top double bottom constructions top midship constructions top hold constructions top engine room constructions top deep tank constructions. For best results, copy the ship model patterns onto cardstock. At the bow front of the ship was the forecastle, an area that was used by bowmen or catapults during battle. Based on a photograph of a beautiful negative edge pool built by phoenician pool construction and published in sunset magazine, we contacted mike ferraro of phoenician to see if he would be interested in a pool project for our new home. Phoenician trireme from warshipconquest of the mediterranean. This was the ship builders assistant, first published in 1711 and written after a career in the royal dockyards, particularly at portsmouth and deptford, by william sutherland.
Sidon was once one of the most important phoenician trading cities some biblical accounts even use the term sidonians to refer to the phoenicians generally and in genesis, sidon is listed as the first born of the sons of canaan in the list of. When i was in tyre in 2004, the local boatmaster was just finishing oneandahalf years of work constructing a boat by hand using the old. Phoenician galleys of the time were larger and less maneuverable than their smaller greek counterparts, and this was a fatal shortcoming in the restricted waters of the saronic gulf. Recreating this historical voyage is the major objective of the phoenician ship expedition. It is the lowest principle timber of the vessel, extending the entire length of the vessel. It was concentrated along the coast of lebanon and included some coastal areas of syria and northern israel, reaching as far south as acre and. The provenance of some glass ingots from the uluburun shipwreck. Sidons preeminence among phoenician cities is clear from the historical records. The origins of the phoenician construction technique, the mortiseandtenon joints, are investigated as well as the various types of phoenician ships. Built in 2008 exactly as it would have been built 2600 years ago. The classification societies, each for themselves, developed rules for the construction and building of hulls and machinery. Ship construction at the pacific american fisheries yard, bellingham, washington, september 1916 cobb 232.
For other materials the dm will need to determine its properites and costs. Hence the trade with the cassiterides was constant, and so highly prized that a phoenician captain, finding his ship followed by a roman vessel, preferred running it upon the rocks to letting a rival nation learn the secret of how the tinproducing coast might be approached in safety. Because we wanted a very large semicircular negative edge pool, the construction precision was an absolute. Its originality is far from being unique and innovative. Also maritime flag states developed legislation which however differed substantially from each other. The study is quantitative, largely historical and archaeological, with the use of secondary sources as well as iconography. How to build phoenician cheap air jordan retro 11 ships for school projects the ancient phoenicians were master traders and seamen. Basic principles of design, construction, and propulsion. Construction of ship shipbuilding picture dictionary. A longer boat, also rounded at the stern but with a sharp battering ram for a bow, is for war.
Based on the design of an ancient galley found wrecked in the western med. The phoenician ship is currently being built in arwad one of the phoenicians ancient trading ports, by traditional wooden shipwright khalid hammoud. The most famed and coveted of phoenician goods were fabrics and textiles dyed with tyrian purple named after the major phoenician city state of tyre, which formed a major part of phoenician wealth. The phoenicians most significant contribution was the round boat a broadbeamed ship that depended principally on sails rather than oars and provided a much larger cargo space than the narrow galleys. The rise of the phoenicians shipbuilding and sea trade from meager fisherman roots to opulent cargoes of gold, jewels and royalpurple cloth is explored in chapters 2 through 19 of phoenician secrets. It provides an overview of current shipyard techniques, safety in shipyard practice, materials and strengths, welding and cutting, and ship structure, along with computeraided design and manufacture, international regulations for ship types, new materials, and fabrication technologies. A short vocabulary of phoenician ancient road publications.
Apr 28, 2016 the phoenicians were famed in antiquity for their ship building skills, and they were credited with inventing the keel, the battering ram on the bow, and caulking between planks. Aug 26, 2014 the phoenicians the direct descendents of the canaanites of the south syrian and lebanese coast were a great maritime people who had developed a high level of shipbuilding technology. The other main difference in ship construction is that viking ships are lapstrake construction a typical scandinavian thing with ribs attached later as reinforcements, while phoenician and most other ships were built from ribs with planks the hull attached. See more ideas about phoenician, maltese cross tattoos and cross tattoo meaning. Phoenician boat at tyre in lebanon t he ancient phoenician boatbuilding skills are not a lost art. Principles of propulsion a lashed hull three banks of rowers in a trireme. This was, of course, built at jerusalem in the 10th century bce but the architects and artists involved in its construction were phoenician and its layout matches temple descriptions at phoenician sites and the wider. Phoenician round ships traveled the mediterranean and beyond.
May 23, 2016 a helpful source of information on phoenician architecture is the bibles i kings 67 description of king solomons temple. The central core consists of an acropolis, surrounded with walls, and all around are grafted residential neighborhoods, religious edifices, construction intended for. A painting on a vase found in cyprus exhibits what would seem to have been a pleasurevessel. Pdf the iron age phoenician shipwreck excavation at bajo. Basic principles of design, construction, and propulsion for. Surviving clay tablets and containers record the use of waterborne vessels as early as 4000 bce. Structural supports running from the keel to the upper edge that form the shape of the hull. Close study of the cargo and hull remains of the uluburun wreck has provided a special glimpse into the bronze age, its material cultures, and aspects of.
It provides an overview of current shipyard techniques, safety in shipyard practice, materials. With the rapid growth and development of the physical sciences, beginning in the early 19th century, it was inevitable that hydrokinetics the study of fluids in motion, hydrostatics. Sailing around africa with the phoenician ship expedition. Phoenicia, phoenician ships, navigation and commerce. The very fact that boats may be quite easily identified in illustrations of great antiquity shows how slow and continuous had been this evolution until just 150. As a phoenician trading port, sidon began rising to prominence during the 12th through 10th centuries bce. Jul 21, 2008 in 2008 2009 the phoenicia ship expedition will attempt to sail a 600bc replica phoenician vessel clockwise around africa in total 17,000 and 12 months at sea. Cut along the solid lines, but do not cut out the individual marine grids. Ever since 1995 phoenician marine has been designing and executing a diverse range of boats, of recreational and military uses.
Ship construction, complex of activities concerned with the design and fabrication of all marine vehicles. The most typical are detailed here and used throughout these rules. The phoenicians were remarkable shipbuilders and seafarers. The ship was constructed in syria using traditional techniques and materials such as lebanon cedar, aleppo pine, and olive wood tenons. Many more than any other development by the phoenicians. The military ship was equipped with a rostrum, a bronze tip fitted on the bow of the vessel in. He fenced it continuously with withies to protect against the waves of the sea and then filled it with brush archaic period black figure cup 6th century bc. A wide variety of materials are used in ship construction, and some are quite rare and wonderous. Ship construction today is a complicated compound of art and science. The phoenician fleet contains two markedly different designs of ship.
The name phoenicia may have derived from the greek root word for purple, indicating the extent to which it was the phoenician s most sought. Drawing back the veil of secrecy surrounding the phoenicians uncovers new glimpses of the early lebanese people as well as romans, greeks, minoans, sea peoples, egyptians and other societies. About midship is a short mast, crossed by a long spar or yard, which. The ancient phoenicians, sometimes referred to as the canaanites, lived over 5. Before that time, ancient ships were quite spectacular. In 2008 2009 the phoenicia ship expedition will attempt to sail a 600bc replica phoenician vessel clockwise around africa in total 17,000. Phoenician trireme from warshipconquest of the mediterranean for more information, visit the geoblox website. The phoenicians master mariners ancient history encyclopedia. The phoenician ship expedition is a recreation of a 6thcentury bce phoenician voyage conceived by philip beale. Even biblical accounts of the era, from joshua, judges, and samuel, refer to sidon as the powerful citystate to respect rather than tyre. Their business dealings and colonization of nearby areas created the need for scribes to. Ship construction at the pacific american fisheries yard, bellingham, washington, september 1916.