The Technological Advances in Boats

  • Period: 60,000 BCE to 45,000 BCE

    First inhabitants arrive in Australia by boat

  • 5000 BCE

    First known case of a sailing boat being built

  • 1175 BCE

    The Battle of the Delta

    The first recorded naval battle
  • 200

    'Junks' are made in China

    'Junks' are made in China
  • 1000

    Viking longboats

    Viking longboats
    The Vikings used these boats to raid other cities and countries
  • 1100

    Leif Ericsson makes it to America

    This is the first recorded crossing of the Atlantic.
  • Willem Janszoon reaches Australia

    The first European to reach Australia
  • The first steamboat is constructed

    The first steamboat is constructed
    Made by Claude de Jouffroy
  • The first commercial steam boat is launched

    The first commercial steam boat is launched
    The North River Steamboat
  • The first steam boat to cross the Atlantic

    The SS Great Britain
  • The Vandal is launched

    The first diesel-electric ship
  • The Titanic

    The Titanic
  • USS Leary

    The first ship to be equipped with radar
  • The uprising of aircraft carriers

  • USS Nautilus

    The first nuclear powered ship
  • GPS is invented

    It is made operational in every ship