Peat barge. (Turfschuit).
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 10:53 am
SCHUIT (barge): 1) usually a substantial boat that serves more or less as an independent commercial vessel. For example, a ferry barge, but also simply a rowboat used for crossing, transporting milk cans or milkers, etc., is sometimes called a barge.
2). Small vessels and boats that sail in the service of larger ships are also sometimes called barges. The best known of these are the jetty barges.
3). The old spelling is schuyt-LONG BOAT of Opperdoes: 7 to 10 meter long, wooden field barge for the transport of agricultural products and tools. The small wooden vessel was poled or sailed. The version used for construction work was called a timber barge. [Image, Scale model image]
4). 13th to 19th century ship type, which was related to the Poon and the Otter. Also referred to as a barge. Formerly rigged with a spritsail, later also with a gaff sail and then called a gaff barge. Distinctions are made between: the Beurtschuit, the Steenschuit, the Zuid-Hollandse schuit, and the Brabantse schuit. Related are probably the Visschuiten of Overmaas, the Hollandse landingboot, and the Dordtschen Vries.
5). The Schuit resembled a Poon and also had the same broad bottom. The main difference with the Poon was that the sheer was somewhat flatter, giving the Schuit a somewhat less elegant appearance. Like the Poon, they were quite sturdily built. The smallest Schuits were deck vessels. They were around thirty tons and were used in Flanders for scheduled shipping. The somewhat larger ships were usually equipped with a station; some of these ships were also fitted with a pavilion. In the nineteenth century, the cargo capacity of the Schuit eventually rose to approximately 180 tons. Abbreviated form of boom barge, deck barge, attic barge, Amsterdam round barge, etc.
6). The Schuit- heavy, fairly flat object, clearly longer than wide, sometimes with slightly tapering or rounded ends. In inland navigation also known as ballast barge, barge, or bread roll.
Source: Peter Dorleijn, Van gaand en staand want, part 2. Marken, Publisher Van Kampen & zn, 1982.
Nederland 2025; 1,0.
Sources: 1). https://www.binnenvaarttaal.nl/index.php?woord=to.
2). https://www.binnenvaarttaal.nl/index.ph ... #turfpraam.
2). Small vessels and boats that sail in the service of larger ships are also sometimes called barges. The best known of these are the jetty barges.
3). The old spelling is schuyt-LONG BOAT of Opperdoes: 7 to 10 meter long, wooden field barge for the transport of agricultural products and tools. The small wooden vessel was poled or sailed. The version used for construction work was called a timber barge. [Image, Scale model image]
4). 13th to 19th century ship type, which was related to the Poon and the Otter. Also referred to as a barge. Formerly rigged with a spritsail, later also with a gaff sail and then called a gaff barge. Distinctions are made between: the Beurtschuit, the Steenschuit, the Zuid-Hollandse schuit, and the Brabantse schuit. Related are probably the Visschuiten of Overmaas, the Hollandse landingboot, and the Dordtschen Vries.
5). The Schuit resembled a Poon and also had the same broad bottom. The main difference with the Poon was that the sheer was somewhat flatter, giving the Schuit a somewhat less elegant appearance. Like the Poon, they were quite sturdily built. The smallest Schuits were deck vessels. They were around thirty tons and were used in Flanders for scheduled shipping. The somewhat larger ships were usually equipped with a station; some of these ships were also fitted with a pavilion. In the nineteenth century, the cargo capacity of the Schuit eventually rose to approximately 180 tons. Abbreviated form of boom barge, deck barge, attic barge, Amsterdam round barge, etc.
6). The Schuit- heavy, fairly flat object, clearly longer than wide, sometimes with slightly tapering or rounded ends. In inland navigation also known as ballast barge, barge, or bread roll.
Source: Peter Dorleijn, Van gaand en staand want, part 2. Marken, Publisher Van Kampen & zn, 1982.
Nederland 2025; 1,0.
Sources: 1). https://www.binnenvaarttaal.nl/index.php?woord=to.
2). https://www.binnenvaarttaal.nl/index.ph ... #turfpraam.