Friese turftjalk (Frisian peat barge)

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1). Tjalk-the ship that regularly transports peat.
2). Lightly built tjalk with shallow depth. See also Groninger turf tjalk.
GRONINGER TURF TIALK:
This a type of Groninger tjalk, however much lighter built, hull thickness usually approx. 4 mm, compared to 7 for the ordinary tjalk, rounder chines, shallower depth, and therefore less sheer, and a deeper sunken deckhouse. It is said to also be called taske. Regarding the wooden predecessor, G.J. Schutten (p. 359) states that they measured approximately 21.5 x 4.5 meters and could load approximately 80 tons. He also speaks of a Taske.
Groningen tialk:
Steel Tjalk for general navigation. Fairly robustly built ships, with a substantial depth and a high deckhouse. Among the Groningen tjalks, there were vessels that hardly differed from the Frisian tjalk, but there were also those that were built very bulky, with very narrow bows, and with little sheer. In general, they were less cut away than the Frisian ones, had only one plank below the gunwale, and broad planks on the bows. Among the Groningen tjalk, there is a more lightly built variant: the Groningen peat tjalk, and a heavily built variant: the sea tjalk.
Wooden predecessor of this type showed, depending on its size, the necessary similarities with the wooden variants of the Frisian cargo ship, the Skûtsje, the Skûte, the Frisian peat tjalk, and the Frisian tjalk. Just as with the steel ships, there was also a seagoing type among the wooden ships.
FRISIAN TURFTJALK with a spritsail.
Source: Groenewegen.
A substantial wooden tjalk for general navigation, used to transport peat, among other things.
Whether this is truly a different type of ship or not is not entirely clear.
Generally, it is stated that ships truly built for light cargoes have slightly less depth and slightly more width than their counterparts.
The term 'Frisian tjalk' is used by G. Groenewegen, among others. The vessel he depicts shows a strong resemblance to the images of Frisian Tjalks provided by LeComte. In his descriptions, LeComte actually makes no distinction between ships from Groningen or those coming from Friesland. However, Piet Dekker, who wrote the text for Groenewegen, notes that Frisian tjalks should always be stern tjalks. An argument I have also heard occasionally regarding Dutch tjalks.
The small, narrow keel carried by Groenewegen's tjalk is striking. As far as I know, this tjalk did not receive a steel successor.
According to G.J. Schutten, the ships in Friesland are called a Tas.

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Source: https://www.binnenvaarttaal.nl/index.php?woord=f.