MySQL selection / JOIN on four tables results in time-out - php

I need to do a selection on 4 tables. Combining table ships and table ship_history is no problem, I get the results instantly. I tried with a normal select and a LEFT JOIN, both are instant. When I try to LEFT JOIN the third table, it takes a very long time (timeouts occurs most of the time). And I would like to even join a fourth table.
All four tables are connected with the ID from table ships. For the table ship_construction I only need the records where column final equals to 1. This is my current query for 3 tables:
SELECT s.id
, s.name
, s.year
, s.built
, sh.col_1
, sh.col_2
, sh.col_3
, sc.col_1
, sc.col_2
, sc.final
FROM ships s
LEFT
JOIN ship_history sh
ON sh.ship_id = s.id
LEFT
JOIN ship_construction sc
ON sc.ship_id = s.id
AND sc.final = 1
For every record in table ships there is one record in the ship_history table. For tables 3 and 4 this can be zero or more for every table 1 record. I used a LEFT JOIN, because I need all records from table 1.
Table ships currently has 17128 records
Table ship_history currently has 17128 records
Table ship_construction currently has 41935 records
Table 4 currently has 57988 records
Of course I already read tons of Stackoverflow topics and searched (and searched and searched) on Google. I have tried many different approaches, but I think I am on the wrong track. I also read about indexes, but this is new for me so I am not sure if this is necessary in this case.
Could anyone push me in the right direction? Any help is appreciated, if additional info is needed just let me know.
Just for the record: my current query DOES work, but it takes too long.
Thanks

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Secondly, your query doesn't seem to be indexed properly. So, better would be using EXPLAIN SELECT ... to see the profile of SQL and create INDEXES for Filters.
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for example like this
SELECT a.aNumber2 as a_number2,....
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