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A dhow in the Indian Ocean, near the islands of Zanzibar on the Swahili coast Fishermen's dhows moored at Dubai in 2014. Dhow (/ d aʊ /; Arabic: داو, romanized: dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region.
Baghlah sailing The ornate stern of a baghlah in Kuwait A baghlah , bagala , bugala or baggala ( Arabic : بغلة ) is a large deep-sea dhow , a traditional Arabic sailing vessel. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name "baghla" means " mule " in the Arabic language .
The ghanjah dhows had a curved prow with a characteristic trefoil ornament carved on top of the stem-head. They also had an ornately carved stern and quarter galleries.Their average length was 97 ft (30 m) with a 15 m (49 ft) keel-length and an average weight of 215 tons.
A Shu’ai, Shu’i or Shuw'i (Arabic: شوعي) is a small or medium-sized dhow, a traditional Arabic sailing vessel. [1] This type of dhow is built low with a high quarterdeck and has one or two masts with lateen sails. [2] A general purpose coastal boat, the shu’ai is one of the smaller-size dhow of Persian Gulf. [3]
A sanbuk in Aden in 1936 The hull of a small sanbuk at the Dubai Museum, Al Fahidi Fort, UAE. Sanbuk (ultimately from Middle Persian sanbūk [1]), known in New Persian as Sunbūk (سنبوک), in Turkish as Zambuk and in Arabic as Sanbūk (سنبوك), Sanbūq (سنبوق) and Ṣunbūq (صنبوق), is a type of dhow, a traditional wooden sailing vessel.
An Indian-style boum sailing. Note the shorter prow Boum; Maritime Museum in Kuwait City commemorating the founding of Kuwait as a sea port for merchants. A boum/boom (Arabic: بوم) (French: bhum), known as dhangi in India, [1] is a medium-sized deep-sea dhow, a traditional Arabic sailing vessel.
This is a list of known sailing warships of the Ottoman Empire and its various North African vassal states and dependencies, from the origin of the empire in the Late Middle Ages to 1859. During this period, the Ottomans used both oar-powered galleys and more conventional ships of the line , along with various hybrid designs.
A sailing vessel with three or more masts, fore-and-aft rigged on only the aftermost Barquentine A sailing vessel with three or more masts, square-rigged only on the foremast Battlecruiser A heavily-armed cruiser similar to a battleship but possessing less armor Battleship A large, heavily armored and heavily gunned powered warship Bilander