'''Clinker'''-built refers to a wooden hull where the strakes (planks) overlap along their edges. Except for certain exceptions in the [[Mediterranean]] region it was the sole method of wooden hull construction until the development of carvel-built ships in both southern and northern [[Europe]] during the 15th century. | '''Clinker'''-built refers to a wooden hull where the strakes (planks) overlap along their edges. Except for certain exceptions in the [[Mediterranean]] region it was the sole method of wooden hull construction until the development of carvel-built ships in both southern and northern [[Europe]] during the 15th century. |