1. What does a 100 gross ton ship look like?
2. Where did the word, "Port" come from?
Thank you.
Congratulations, Tonk! But they forgot to ask you two questions:
1. What does a 100 gross ton ship look like?
2. Where did the word, "Port" come from?
Thank you.
http://www.vic56.co.uk/detail.htm
The above link will show you what a 100-ton steamship looks like. In the US, we called them coastal freighters.
RE: PORT In the early days of sail, the rudder, then called the steering board, was hung on the right side of the vessel. To protect the rudder, ships always tied up to the pier on the opposite side, called the larboard (lard board: the side of the vessel on which the food came aboard). Over time, skippers discovered that, in a 40 knot wind, larboard and starboard sounded too much alike. Thus, the larboard side became the port side. The starboard side remained the starboard side, despite the design evolution which moved the steering board to the center of the vessel's stern.
Kerry the Old Sea Dog