Otter (ship type)
From the beginning of the 17th century, an inland cargo ship on the rivers of today's Belgium was referred to as the otter . The ship was about 18 meters long, five meters wide and had a water displacement of about 100 tons. The wooden vehicles were one- or one-and-a-half masters with gaff sails . The ships were built like the Tjalken or Pleits . This type of ship was still used on numerous Belgian and Dutch rivers at the beginning of the 20th century .
literature
- Alfred Dudszus: The great book of ship types, Vol. 1: Ships, boats, rafts under oars and sails . Berlin (Transpress), licensed edition Stuttgart (Pietsch) 1990, ISBN 3-613-50058-2 , pp. 195–196.