List of boat types

This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types

A

 * Airboat
 * Amphibious automobile
 * Amphibious vehicle
 * Ark
 * Auxiliary ship

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B

 * Banana boat (merchant)
 * Banana boat (recreational)
 * Barge
 * Bass boat
 * Boita
 * Bow rider
 * Bracera
 * Bragozzo
 * Brig
 * Brigantine
 * Bucentaur

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C

 * Cabin cruiser
 * Cruise ship
 * Cable ferry
 * Canoe
 * Cape Islander
 * Captain's gig
 * Car-boat
 * Car float
 * Catamaran
 * Center console
 * Chundan vallam
 * Coble
 * Cog
 * Coracle
 * Cornish pilot gig
 * Crash rescue boat
 * Cuddy boat
 * Cutter
 * Currach (sp. to West of Ireland and Scotland)

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D

 * Dhow
 * Dhoni
 * Dinghy
 * Dorna
 * Dory
 * Dragon boat
 * Drift boat
 * Drifter (fishing)
 * Drifter (naval)
 * Dugout
 * Durham boat

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E

 * Electric boat
 * Express cruiser

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F

 * Fast attack craft
 * Faering
 * Felucca
 * Ferry
 * Fireboat
 * Fishing vessel
 * Fish tug
 * Float tube
 * Fly

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G

 * Galley
 * Galleon
 * Gallivat
 * Galway hooker
 * Garbage scow
 * Gig (boat)
 * Go-fast boat
 * Gondola
 * Gunboat
 * Gundalow
 * Great Lakes freighter

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H

 * Higgins
 * Houario
 * Houseboat
 * Hovercraft
 * Hydrofoil
 * Hydroplane

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I

 * Ice boat
 * Inflatable boat

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J

 * Jetboat
 * Jet ski
 * Jon boat
 * Jukung
 * Junk

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K

 * Kayak and Sea kayak
 * Ketch
 * Kettuvallam

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L

 * Lafitte skiff
 * Launch
 * Landing craft
 * Lifeboat
 * Lighter
 * Liner
 * LNG carrier
 * Log boat
 * Langschiff
 * Longboat
 * Longship
 * Longtail
 * Lugger
 * Luxury yacht

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M

 * Mackinaw boat
 * Masula boat
 * Missile boat
 * Monitor
 * Motorboat
 * Motor Launch (naval)
 * Mini Gascogna

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N

 * Narrowboat
 * Naval ship
 * Nordland
 * Norfolk wherry

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O

 * Oiler (ship)
 * Optimist
 * Outrigger canoe

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P

 * Padded V-hull
 * Paddle steamer
 * Patrol boat
 * Pedalo (paddle boat)
 * Personal water craft (PWC)
 * Pinnace (ship's boat)
 * Pink (ship)
 * Pirogue
 * Pleasure barge
 * Pleasure craft
 * Police watercraft
 * Pontoon
 * Powerboat
 * Pram (boat)
 * Pram (ship)
 * Proa
 * Pump boat
 * Punt

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Q

 * Q-Ship
 * Quinquereme

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R

 * Raft
 * Reaction ferry
 * Recreational trawler
 * Reed boat
 * Replenishment oiler
 * Rigid-hulled inflatable
 * Riverboat
 * Rodney boat
 * Roll-on/roll-off ship
 * Rowboat
 * Runabout

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S

 * Sailboat
 * Sampan
 * Schooner
 * Scow
 * Sea kayak and Kayak
 * Shad boat
 * Shallop
 * Sharpie
 * Shikara
 * Ship's tender
 * Ski boat
 * Skiff
 * Skipjack
 * Smack (ship)
 * Small-craft sailing
 * Slipper Launch
 * Sloop
 * Speed boat
 * Special Operations Craft – Riverine (SOC-R)
 * Steam boat
 * Submarine
 * Surf boat
 * Surfboard
 * Swift boat

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T

 * Tanker
 * Tarai Bune
 * Tartane
 * Tjotter
 * Torpedo boat
 * Tour boat
 * Towboat
 * Trabaccolo
 * Trailer sailor
 * Train ferry
 * Trimaran
 * Trireme
 * Trawler (fishing)
 * Trawler (naval)
 * Trawler (recreational)
 * Trow
 * Tugboat

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U

 * U-boat
 * Umiak

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V

 * Vaporetto
 * Very Slender Vessel
 * Vlet

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W

 * Waka
 * Wakeboard boat
 * Walkaround
 * Water ambulance
 * Water taxi
 * Weidling
 * Whaleboat
 * Wherry

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X

 * Xebec

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Y

 * Yacht
 * Yawl
 * Yoal

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Z

 * Zille

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