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1. A towed or self-propelled flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river, canal or coastal transport of heavy goods. 2. Admiral ' s barge: A boat (or aircraft) at the disposal of an admiral (or other high ranking flag officer) for his or her use as transportation between a larger vessel and the shore, or within a harbor. In Royal Navy service ...
A type of boat designed specifically to fit the narrow canal locks of the United Kingdom. narrows A narrow part of a navigable waterway. nautical Of or pertaining to sailors, seamanship, or navigation; maritime. nautical chart A map of a sea or ocean area and adjacent coastal regions, intended specifically for navigation at sea.
Canal Boat may refer to: Barge, a flat-bottomed craft for carrying cargo; Narrowboat, a specialized craft for operation on the narrow canals of England, Scotland and Wales; Widebeam, a canal boat with a beam of 2.16 metres (7 ft 1 in) or greater and built in the style of a narrowboat
The height restriction of a boat on the Lee, due to low bridges, means that a boat that can cruise on the Lee Navigation is low enough to cruise on Regents Canal. The section of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal to the junction of the main Grand Union has a further height restriction of 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in). [16]
The key distinguishing feature of a narrowboat is its width, which must be less than 7 feet (2.13 m) to navigate British narrow canals. Some old boats are very close to this limit (often built 7 feet 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches or 2.17 metres or slightly wider), and can have trouble using certain narrow locks whose width has been reduced over time because of subsidence.
This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types
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Motorised Dutch barge passing a swing bridge on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. 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 ...