How Fast Did Old Sailing Ships Travel?
How Fast Did Old Sailing Ships Travel? With an average distance of approximately 3,000 miles, this equates to a range of about 100 to 140 miles per day, or an average speed over the ground of about 4 to 6 knots. How fast did ships go in the 1500s? Batavia (1628) Gotheborg (1740) Amsterdam (1750)