Before Harland is: Wolff Industries launched theTitanic in 1912. it built a three-masted, square-rigged, iron-hulled sailing vessel that would meet its own tragic end in a faraway sea. When the Star of Bengal launched from the Belfast, Ireland, yard in 1874. it was 263 feet long on the waterline but more than 300 feet overall and 41 > feet wide. It was outfitted with a gaff-rig sail on the aft mast when the Alaska Packers Association bought the vessel in 1905. likely to aid in maneuverability.At one time, the Alaska Packers Association had 19 iron sailing ships and 15 wooden sailing ships. Many merchant packers outside of the seafood industry were replacing square-rig sailing ships with steam-powered vessels for speed and reliability in all weather.The APA found inexpensive ships that were cheap to operate and well suited for the northern salmon industry.
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