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2. Bangka (boat) - Wikipedia

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   Bangka are various native watercraft of the Philippines. It originally referred to small double-outrigger dugout canoes used in rivers and shallow coastal waters, but since the 18th century, it has expanded to include larger lashed-lug ships, with or without outriggers.

3. Long-tail boat - Wikipedia

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   The long-tail boat ( Thai: เรือหางยาว, RTGS : ruea hang yao, [1] pronounced [rɯ̄a̯ hǎːŋ jāːw]) is a type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia that uses a common automotive engine as a readily available and maintainable powerplant. [2] A craft designed to carry passengers on a river may include a lightweight, long ...

4. Reed boat - Wikipedia

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   Reed boats and rafts, along with dugout canoes and other rafts, are among the oldest known types of boats. Often used as traditional fishing boats, they are still used in a few places around the world, though they have generally been replaced with planked boats. Reed boats can be distinguished from reed rafts, since reed boats are usually ...

5. Junk (ship) - Wikipedia

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   A junk ( Chinese: 船; pinyin: chuán) is a type of Chinese sailing ship characterized by a central rudder, an overhanging flat transom, watertight bulkheads, and a flat-bottomed design. [1] [2] They are also characteristically built using iron nails and clamps. [1] Chinese junk could refer to one of many types of small coastal or river ships ...

6. Outrigger boat - Wikipedia

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   Outrigger boats were originally developed by the Austronesian -speaking peoples of the islands of Southeast Asia for sea travel. It is believed that the use of outriggers may have been initially caused by the need for stability on small watercraft after the invention of crab claw sails some time around 1500 BCE.

7. List of oldest surviving ships - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ...