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A Dutch barge [1] is a traditional flat-bottomed shoal-draught barge, originally used to carry cargo in the shallow Zuiderzee and the waterways of The Netherlands. [2] There are many types of Dutch barge, with characteristics determined by regional conditions and traditions. Originally, Dutch barges were sailing craft with wooden hulls. Today ...
Class D English river barge at Longport, with Dutch-style fold-down wheelhouse. DBA - The Barge Association [1] is a club for leisure users of European inland waterways. The club was formed in 1992 as "The Dutch Barge Association", by a small group of UK owners of Dutch barges. It later expanded to include any form of barge and other types of ...
Luxe motor Stella Maris of 1929 ENI 03011455 in The Hague. A Luxe motor is a type of Dutch barge, built for the first time in the early 1920s.Most vessels had a straight bow ('Steilsteven') with characteristic upsweep of the gunwale and good accommodation for living at the back of the ship, from which the name derives.
This is a list of the types of craft to be found on the canals and non-tidal rivers of the United Kingdom for which the Canal and River Trust have a licence category: [1] ...
The lighter barge gave rise to the "lighter tug", a small, manoeuvrable type of harbour tug. Lighter tugs—or simply "lighters"—are designed for towing lighter barges. As such, they are smaller than traditional harbour tugs and lack the power or equipment to handle large ships. [citation needed]
A widebeam is built in the style of a cruising narrowboat, that is to say, a steel-hulled barge used mainly by leisure boaters. [4] Typically, this entails a bow well-deck with doors leading aft to the living accommodation. The long saloon typically has numerous side-windows, and while its coachroof may have fitments such as solar panels and ...
The name "scow" derives from the Dutch schouw.Old Saxon has a similar word scaldan which means to push from the shore, clearly related to punting. [1]The basic scow was developed as a flat-bottomed barge (i.e. a large punt) capable of navigating shallow rivers and sitting comfortably on the bottom when the tide was out.
A sailing barge is a kind of barge (a shoal-draft flat-bottomed boat) propelled by sails. Traditional types of sailing barges include: Traditional types of sailing barges include: Dutch barge [ 1 ] is a traditional flat-bottomed shoal-draught barge , originally used to carry cargo in the shallow Zuyder Zee and the waterways of Netherlands .