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Regional ship type
Botter
Fishing, family labour and the changing Zuiderzee
Zuiderzee coast
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Maritime collection
Regional Craft
Regional boat traditions shaped by European waters
Collection image: Merlijn 'valhallasw' van Deen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped to fit. Full image and context in the dossier.
History & selection approach
Explore 34 European boat traditions, from Dutch working craft and Nordic open boats to Mediterranean fishing families. Each type is distinguished from its named surviving examples.
Selection note
"A ship type has a regional history; each surviving boat has a separate identity."
Vessels in Regional Craft
34 Vessels
Regional ship type
Lemsteraak
From the northern Zuiderzee fishery to a diverse sailing tradition
Lemmer & the former Zuiderzee
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Regional ship type
Skûtsje
Cargo, household and competitive sailing in Friesland
Friesland
Read the dossier →Photo: Baykedevries · CC BY-SA 4.0
Regional ship type
Hengst
A sturdy working tradition of the Scheldt estuary
Scheldt delta
Read the dossier →Photo: S.J. de Waard · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Regional ship type
Schokker
A fishing-boat family from the eastern edge of the Zuiderzee
Eastern Zuiderzee
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Regional ship type
Boeier
Pleasure sailing within a long Dutch tradition of rounded craft
Friesland & Dutch inland waters
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Regional ship type
Thames Sailing Barge
Cargo under sail across the estuaries of south-east England
Thames & east-coast estuaries
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Regional ship type
Norfolk Wherry
A cargo hold, a great sail and the waterways of the Broads
Norfolk & Suffolk Broads
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Regional ship type
Fifie
The east-coast herring fishery seen through a sailing drifter
Scotland’s east coast
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Regional ship type
Zulu
A Scottish herring boat that combined familiar ideas in a new hull
Moray Firth & Scotland’s east coast
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Regional ship type
Cornish Lugger
Sail, fishing communities and a surviving Cornish working tradition
Cornwall
Read the dossier →Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0
Regional ship type
Brixham Sailing Trawler
A fishing port’s design carried into a wider maritime world
Brixham, Devon
Read the dossier →Photo: Tony Lewis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Regional ship type
Galway Hooker
A west-coast boat connecting cargo, community and sail
Galway Bay & Connemara
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Regional ship type
Currach
A light boat and the knowledge carried along Ireland’s Atlantic shore
Ireland’s Atlantic coast
Read the dossier →Photo: Erik Christensen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Regional ship type
Nordlandsbåt
Northern Norway’s coastal world in a family of open boats
Northern Norway
Read the dossier →Photo: Bjørn som tegner · CC BY-SA 3.0
Regional ship type
Oselvar
A Norwegian boat tradition sustained through the act of building
Bjørnafjorden, western Norway
Read the dossier →Photo: Kjell Magnus Økland · CC BY-SA 4.0
Regional ship type
Færing
Four oars, small cargoes and the fjord as a road
Norwegian coastal waters & fjords
Read the dossier →Photo: Skadinaujo · Public domain
Regional ship type
Sinagot
A shallow-water fishing boat from Séné and the Morbihan
Séné & the Golfe du Morbihan
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Regional ship type
Bisquine
Fishing power and sailing revival between Cancale and Granville
Cancale & Granville
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Regional ship type
Chaloupe Sardinière
The sardine fishery in the shape of a Douarnenez boat
Douarnenez, Brittany
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Regional ship type
Moliceiro
A lagoon boat at the meeting of agriculture, painting and local identity
Ria de Aveiro
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Regional ship type
Rabelo
Port wine, a mountain river and a boat made to carry casks
Douro River
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Regional ship type
Gondola
The making and maintenance behind Venice’s most familiar boat
Venice & its lagoon
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Regional ship type
Trabaccolo
An Adriatic working boat read through surviving museum examples
Northern & central Adriatic
Read the dossier →Photo: Terragio67 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Regional ship type
Gozzo Ligure
Small coastal craft and the boatbuilding memory of Liguria
Ligurian coast
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Regional ship type
Luzzu
A Maltese working boat beyond its brightly painted image
Maltese islands
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Regional ship type
Dgħajsa tal-Pass
Passenger crossings and the everyday geography of Malta’s harbours
Grand Harbour & Marsamxett
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Regional ship type
Falkuša
A Komiža fishing tradition with two working configurations
Komiža, island of Vis
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Regional ship type
Batana
A wooden boat, a town and a community’s safeguarding project
Rovinj / Rovigno, Istria
Read the dossier →Photo: Roberta F. · CC BY-SA 3.0
Regional ship type
Trechantiri
Greek wooden boatbuilding explained through hulls, models and tools
Aegean & Greek coastal waters
Read the dossier →Photo: Unuplusunu · CC BY-SA 4.0
Regional ship type
Hoogaars
A working hull shaped by the Scheldt delta
Zeeland & the Scheldt delta
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Regional ship type
Tjalk
The carrying craft of the Dutch inland waterways
Holland, Friesland & the inland waterways
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Regional ship type
Llagut & Vela Llatina
A boat family and a sail tradition along the western Mediterranean
Catalan coast & the Balearic Islands
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Regional ship type
Bragozzo
Painted sails and the working waters of the northern Adriatic
Chioggia & the northern Adriatic
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