Aghaba

Sailors on the Nile near Khartoum around 1910

An Aghaba is a plump, single- masted cargo sailing ship with a latin sail and flat hull, which was used on the Nile in Egypt and Sudan until the 19th century.

Because of its shallow draft , it could also be used at low water levels.

literature

• Auguste Jal : Glossaire nautique, répertoire polyglotte de termes de marine anciens et modern , 1848, p. 78
• Alain Clouet: Voiliers de travail: 2500 bateaux à voiles et à rames à travers les siècles et les océans , La Découvrance éditions 2008, p. 12

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alfred Dudszus, Ernest Henriot and Friedrich Krumrey: The great book of ship types - ships, boats, rafts under oars and sails . VEB transpress-Verlag Berlin 1983, 1st edition, page 43