Ship steering Sail vs Steam?

In Sailing ship with early wheel-helms, the wheel was basically just an extension of the old tiller system, where-in the helmsman would push the tiller to the Port (left), which would push the rudder to the Starbord (right) causing the ship to sail to Starbord. The first wheels did the same thing. Later ships (around the turn of the last century) started using reverse-gearing to make the helm's movement more consistant with the rudder, i.e., turn the wheel left, the ship goes left. This was a new invention at the time of the Titanic's sinking.

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Less hands on deck to operate a Steamship. One Engineer and two tool pushers to keep the motor running. Crew of 8 in the engine room, 4 on 4 off then she would need stokers or the people that shovel the coal in. Total crew of 18-24. A Clipper or any large vessel that could transport passengers and cargo under sail would require a deck crew of 30, 15 on 15 off in good weather. A rigging crew of 25-35, normally 90+ souls for just that, add a Navigator, x2, Helmsman, x2, you have a crew of 120+ on a Cargo Sailing vessel. On a powered vessel, steam, coal maybe an all hands count of 25-90. There are too many actual differences to name or claim in 400 words or less, that is one aspect.

With wind pushing at you there is power from the back to the front. With a propeller the power is from the front to the back. Two different propulsions. In the Titanic the rudder was right at the power source (propellers) making the steering completely different. The stern would move more quickly than the bow.

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