when applied to the iron plates of a ship's bottom, is much more efficacious. His preparation not only effectually prevents the least accumulation of animal or vegetable matter, but at the same ...

A short History Clip of how the Ironclad ships were used during the Civil War. And the battle between the Css Virginia and the USS Monitor. The Civil War history runs deep in Virginia! White House ...

Police say they are investigating a suspected case of vandalism at Bath Iron Works, which was reported about a month ago.

In 1859 a New Orleans customer of this yard, for whom Mr. Sneden had built several wooden steamers, asked him to undertake the building of an iron ship. Mr. Sneden had no experience in the ...

There was not much of the vessel itself left - they later found out it was an iron ship that sank in 1859, a metal that corrodes much quicker than steel. But that did not hamper the enthusiasm ...

Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.

One of Australia’s richest people doubles down on environmental targets and urges IMO to set global carbon tax at $100 a ...

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The application of glass-faced plates, however, to sheathing ships is perfectly Utopian. Ships iron sheathing, like that ef copper or its alloys, must not only sustain more or less fully the ...