Write short note on Ship building Industry
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Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.
Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both commercial and military, are referred to as "naval engineering". The construction of boats is a similar activity called boat building.
The dismantling of ships is called ship breaking
Explanation:
the demand for ship for transport defence was growing this meant that the demand for wood was also increasing because one needed wood to build ship the oak forest in england were disappearing fast this created a shortage of timber supply for the royel navy trees were felled on a massive scale and vast quantities of timber were exported from india by the British rulers.