Steel Ships
Construction of ships with steel hulls, allowing for larger, stronger, and more durable vessels that can be powered by efficient steam engines.
Core metadata
- ID: steel_ships
- Era: Industrial
- First known date: 1860 (decade)
- Region: Europe, North America, and industrializing regions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Classical Monumental Construction (construction)
- Lateen Sail & Caravel (lateen_sail_caravel)
- Mass Production (mass_production)
- Riveting Technology (riveting_technology)
- Steam Engine (steam_engine)
- Steel Production (steel_production)
Dependents
- Containerization (containerization_shipping)
- Military Submarines (submarines_early_military_naval)
- Telegraph Cables (Transoceanic) (telegraph_cables_transoceanic)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Ship (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 6
- Average edge confidence: 69%
- Prerequisite sources: 6
- expert_inference: 6
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Production (steel_production) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Steel Production provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Steam Engine (steam_engine) | commercial_or_scaling_dependency | 72% | expert_inference | Steam Engine supports manufacturing, deployment, commercialization, or operational scaling. |
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| Classical Monumental Construction (construction) | commercial_or_scaling_dependency | 72% | expert_inference | Construction supports manufacturing, deployment, commercialization, or operational scaling. |
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| Lateen Sail & Caravel (lateen_sail_caravel) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Lateen Sail & Caravel provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Mass Production (mass_production) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Mass Production provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Riveting Technology (riveting_technology) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Riveting Technology provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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