Contents -- Preface -- Ships' Fastenings -- Introduction -- Fastened without Nails -- The Advent of Metals -- Metal Fastenings on the Sewn-Plank Boat -- Fastened with Metal and Wood -- Clinker Shipbuilding -- Carvel Building in Northern Europe -- The Manufacture of Fastenings -- Sheathing -- The Advent of Muntz Metal through to the Composite Ship -- Registers, Treatises, and Contemporary Accounts -- The Archaeological Evidence -- Iron and Steel Ships -- Modern Terminology -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.