How Wooden Ships Are Built

A shipyard manual on building large wooden vessels: moulding and framing, keelsons, planking, fastenings, caulking and launching. Richly illustrated with construction plans and details.

Charles Desmond

A clear step by step guide to wood ship construction: timber, keel and frames, horning and assembling, planking, ceiling and fastenings. Written for workers new to the shipyard.

W. H. Curtis

Written for carpenters and woodworkers who want to build boats and ships, and used as a school textbook. It explains lofting, bevelling, framing and planking with simple methods and many diagrams.

Richard M. Van Gaasbeek

A manual for shipbuilders, superintendents and marine engineers on how steel ships are built and kept in service: materials, framing, plating, bulkheads, strength calculations and maintenance. Includes folding plates reduced from working drawings.

Thomas Walton