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How did '''naval architecture''' and construction ([[NAICS]]: [[NAICS_Code1:=33661]], [[NAICS_Code1_Title:=Ship Building and Repairing|[[Ship building and repairing]]]]) keep pace with the [[Industrial Age]]?  This article will discuss the relative importance of natural resources and wealth on a nation's ability to "grow" a first-class navy.

How did '''naval architecture''' and construction keep pace with the [[Industrial Age]]?  This article will discuss the relative importance of natural resources and wealth on a nation's ability to "grow" a first-class navy.

The industrial age provided the tools to change virtually every aspect of life, and naval design and construction were no exception.  The wooden fleets of [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]’s time were gone from the waters at the end of the 19th century, where steel hulls, coal-fired steam propulsion, screw propellers, and above-deck guns of huge dimension and range now ruled the seas.  If the instruments of war had changed via technological developments, then new players on the field of naval warfare had arrived, as well, due to natural resources and national wealth.

The industrial age provided the tools to change virtually every aspect of life, and naval design and construction were no exception.  The wooden fleets of [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]’s time were gone from the waters at the end of the 19th century, where steel hulls, coal-fired steam propulsion, screw propellers, and above-deck guns of huge dimension and range now ruled the seas.  If the instruments of war had changed via technological developments, then new players on the field of naval warfare had arrived, as well, due to natural resources and national wealth.