Nuclear ships are basically steamships and driven by steam turbines. The reactor just develops heat to boil the water.
The world’s oldest surviving boat is a simple 3 metre (10 feet) long dugout dated to 7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse Holland in the Netherlands.
Rock drawings from the Red Sea site of Wadi Hammamat, dated to around 4000 BC show that Egyptian boats were made from papyrus and reeds.
The world’s earliest known plank-built ship, made from cedar and sycamore wood and dated to 200 BC, was discovered next to the Great Pyramid in 1952.
The Egyptians created the first organized navy in 2300 BC.
Oar-powered ships were developed by the Sumerians in 3500 BC.
Sails were first used by the Phoenicians around 2000 BC.
