Show ships built of mahogany darid during the alie nineteenth century and before alme some ot of the finest english ship were constructed almost entirely ot of mahogany one of the reasons for this preference lay in the fact that this wood was about 15 per cent lighter on the average than a corresponding ln cubical amount of oak or other woods another was reputation for strength and durability among numerous vessels built wholly or partially from mahogany during the nine nineteenth century were the dart constructed ted in london by T potts in 1810 the eliza abrl antane of tons made in 1818 at honduras from mahogany cut in the vicinity and the steam packet comet built in Woo by oliver 01 iver land in 1823 1821 |