Aaron Manby - Citizendia

Aaron Manby was a landmark vessel in the science of shipbuilding. See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a

Launched in 1821, Aaron Manby was the first steamship to be built of iron. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller She was the brainchild of the eccentric but far-seeing naval officer Captain (later Admiral) Charles Napier, who had conceived the idea of a fleet of steamships for service on the River Seine. Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers Admiral Sir Charles (John Napier KCB RN ( 6 March 1786 – 6 November 1860) was a British Naval officer The Seine (sɛn in French) is a slow flowing major River and commercial waterway within the regions of Île-de-France and Haute-Normandie The ship was named after the master of the Horseley Ironworks, Tipton, Staffordshire, where she was pre-fabricated to a design jointly formulated by Captain Napier, Aaron Manby and his son Charles Manby. The Horseley Ironworks (sometimes spelled Horsley and Iron Works) was a major Ironworks in the Tipton area in the county of Staffordshire Tipton is a town in the Sandwell borough of the West Midlands, England, with a population of around 47000 Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. She was then assembled at Rotherhithe on the Thames. Rotherhithe is a district of central south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. Of 116 tons burthen, the ship was 120 feet (36. Builder's Old Measurement (BOM is the method of calculating the size or Cargo capacity of a Ship used in England from approximately 1720 to 1849 6 meters) long. Her flat-bottomed hull was made of quarter-inch thick iron plate fastened to angle-iron ribs. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. There was one deck, of wood, and a bowsprit. The bowsprit, or boltsprit, of a Sailing vessel is a pole extending forward from the vessel's prow The ship’s distinctive profile boasted a single 47-foot-high funnel. The engine was designed by Henry Bell (designer of the wooden steamship Comet), as were the paddlewheels: these were 12 feet (3. Henry Bell may refer to Henry Bell (architect (1647&ndash1711 English architect Henry Bell (engineer (1767&ndash1830 Scottish engineer A paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a Steam engine that uses one or more Paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion. 7 m) in diameter but only 1. 5 feet (46 cm) wide, because the vessel's maximum beam was limited to 23 feet (7. 0 m) for service on the Seine. Defying the prevailing wisdom of the day, the iron-hulled vessel not only floated but made 9 knots (10 mph, 17 km/h) and drew one foot (30 cm) less water than any other steamboat then operating.

After trials in May 1822, Aaron Manby crossed the English Channel to Le Havre under Napier’s command on June 10, at an average speed of 8 knots (9 mph, 14 km/h), carrying passengers and freighted with a cargo of linseed and iron castings. Le Havre is a city in the northwest region of France situated on the right bank of the mouth of the Seine River as it outlets into the Bay of the Seine Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Flax (also known as common flax or linseed) (binomial name Linum usitatissimum) is a member of the genus Linum The ship proceeded up the Seine to Paris, where she caused a great stir and where she was based for the next decade. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This has been claimed (incorrectly) as the first passage from Britain to France by steam ship. There had been shorter crossings by wooden steamers, but Napier's was the first direct steam crossing from London to Paris and the first seagoing voyage by an iron ship anywhere. After some further channel voyages the ship was used for pleasure trips up and down the Seine. On the failure of Napier’s enterprise through bankruptcy in 1827 (after he had financed the building of five similar iron steamships) she was sold to a French consortium who operated her on the River Loire until she was broken up in 1855. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against A consortium is an association of two or more individuals companies organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities with the objective of participating Loire ( Arpitan: Lêre, Occitan: Léger) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the The use of iron plates for the hull, in place of wood, was widely copied in shipbuilding during the following decades. Napier had conceived the ship as a first step towards an iron warship, and in this sense Aaron Manby could be considered a direct ancestor of the Royal Navy's first iron frigate, Warrior, built the year of Napier's death. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) For the bird see Frigatebird. A frigate /ˈfrɪgɪt/ is a warship Design and construction News of the highly-secretive designs for La Gloire reached the British Admiralty in May 1858

Sources

Peter Kemp (ed), The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (Oxford University Press, 1976, corr. edition 1979) ISBN 0-19-211553-7