3 sentences with 'shipbuilding'

Example sentences and phrases with the word shipbuilding and other words derived from it.


« In the process, Peter the Great personally learned about shipbuilding and military organisation, and returned with the intention of transforming the Russian state and military. »
« Athens went into a shipbuilding frenzy, ending up with hundreds of warships called triremes, rowed by those free Athenians too poor to afford armour and weapons and serve as hoplites, but who now had the opportunity to help directly in battle as sailors. »
« What changed was simply that Britain ran out of forests. Because of the need for wood and coal for heating, as well as wood for construction (especially shipbuilding; the British navy consumed a great deal of wood in construction and repairs), Britain was forced to import huge quantities of wood from abroad in the late 17th century. »

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