Era: 1400-1700

The master shipwright G.C. Peckelhering built the Grosse Jacht (also called “Golden Yacht”) in Kolberg in 1678-1679. It served as a prototype for the construction of other ships for Prince William III of Orange.

Largest ship of the Dutch East India company at the time it was built

La Couronne was the first major warship built by the French

Santa Maria was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.

One of three ships used by Christopher Columbus on his expedition that reached the West Indies

First English Royal Yacht. Built in 1660.

Mid-17th-century 2nd-rate ship of the line

Traditional viking boat, cargo, and crew

A fishing and utility boat from Norway. Fær = four, the number of oars for which it is fitted.

Susan Constant, captained by Christopher Newport, was the largest of three ships of the English Virginia Company (the others being Discovery and Godspeed) on the 1606 – 1607 voyage that resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia.