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ONE of the rarest sights at sea to-day is a ship under full sail. According to Lloyd's Register there are at present only 125 iron and steel sailing vessels owned in Europe which are occupied on long voyages, and only five of these fly the Red Ensign. A hundred years ago steam tonnage was insignificant; fifty years ago it nearly equalled our sailing tonnage, but to-day steam and oil have practically driven the sailing ship from the ocean. Moreover, sails disappeared from fighting ships some thirty years ago, and not a single able seaman now in the Navy was trained in the fine old school of masts and yards.
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Models of Sailing Ships in the Science Museum. Nature 113, 510–511 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113510a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/113510a0