: ch1 Some key industrial advances were developed to support shipbuilding, for instance the sawing of timbers by mechanical saws propelled by windmills in Dutch shipyards during the first half of the 17th century. Until recently, with the development of complex non-maritime technologies, a ship has often represented the most advanced structure that the society building it could produce.
Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels.
