what are some of the names of ships in colonial williamsburg [around 1600's and 1700's]?

Question

i'm doing a project relating to it ...and i don't know what are the names of the ship in colonial williamsburg....and which one have more info??

i'm deciding to do the merchant ship...any info about that??

Answer 1

There aren't any, it's inland.

Someone may be trying to trick you... it's a grouping/recreation of an old settlement, and laid-out as a town... it's not a seaport in the least.

Answer 2

The first ships built in the New World were built for fishing and fur trading. The ships were built from trees that grew in nearby forests. Some African American enslaved people were trained as boatmen building smaller boats. Former slave, Frederick Douglass worked for his master in the shipyard near Baltimore when he was just 11 years old. Later Colonial ships were larger and were used for passengers and trading. The largest ship yards were in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia