Utility / Transportation – Hampton Roads Ship Model Society

18th Century Longboat

This boat was commonly used to transport people of “importance” on the Thames so that they could avoid using the crowded and dirty city streets of London.

Amesbury Dory

Model Images

John Smith’s Barge

Replica of a shallop, like that used by Captain John Smith to make the first detailed European exploration of the Chesapeake Bay. Part of the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum.

John Smith Shallop Replica

Replica of a shallop, like that used by Captain John Smith to make the first detailed European exploration of the Chesapeake Bay. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

Whitehall

Rowing boat with a distinctive wine glass transom

Tahitian Tipairua

A large traditional sailing canoe of Tahiti

Færing

A fishing and utility boat from Norway. Fær = four, the number of oars for which it is fitted.