A '''sailing barge''' is a kind of barge (a shoal-draft flat-bottomed boat) propelled by sails. Traditional types of sailing barges include:
* Dutch barge<ref>In Dutch: "schuyt", "schult" or "schute"</ref> is a traditional flat-bottomed shoal-draught barge, originally used to carry cargo in the shallow Zuyder Zee and the waterways of Netherlands.<ref>{{cite book |last=Blackburn |first= Graham |date=2003 |title=The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ships and Boats |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-h6i3GpMQUC&q=Schuyt+Dutch+boat&pg=PA302 |publisher=I B Taurus |page=302 |isbn=1-86064-839-8 }}</ref> * Scow, derived from the Dutch "schouw",<ref name=OED>{{Cite OED|scow|173246|23 December 2019}}</ref> historically in common use in the American Great Lakes and other parts of the U.S., in southern England, and in New Zealand. By 1848 scows were being rigged for sailing using leeboards or sliding keels.<ref name=OED/> They were also used as dumb barges towed by steamers.<ref name=OED/> * Thames sailing barge, a type of commercial sailing boat,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=F. S. |title=A handbook of sailing barges: Evolution and details of hull and rigging |date=1955 |publisher=Adlard Coles Limited |location=Southampton }}</ref> once common on the River Thames in London. The flat-bottomed barges with a shallow draught and leeboards, were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary.
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