paddle-driven vessel

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• Paddle steamer — A paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a steam engine that uses one or more paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion. It is also a type of steamboat. Boats with paddle wheels on the sides are termed sidewheelers, while those with a… …   Wikipedia

• paddle wheel — paddle wheel, adj. a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly. [1675 85] * * * ▪ ship part  method of ship propulsion that was once widely employed but is now almost entirely… …   Universalium

• Paddle steamer Stadt Zürich — Stadt Zürich in 2009 Career (Switzerland) …   Wikipedia

• paddle steamer — a vessel propelled by paddle wheels and driven by steam. [1885 90] * * * …   Universalium

• Astern propulsion — (as applied to a ship) is a maneuver in which a ship s propelling mechanism is used to develop thrust in a retrograde direction. Astern propulsion does not necessarily imply the ship is moving astern ( in reverse ); astern propulsion is used to… …   Wikipedia

• List of historical ship types — This is a list of historical ship types, which includes any classification of ship that has ever been used.;Barque: A sailing vessel with three or more masts, fore and aft rigged on only the aftermost.;Barquentine: A sailing vessel with three or… …   Wikipedia

• Steamboat — A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term steamboat is usually used to refer to smaller steam powered boats… …   Wikipedia

• technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …   Universalium

• steamboat — /steem boht /, n. a steam driven vessel, esp. a small one or one used on inland waters. [1775 85, Amer.; STEAM + BOAT] * * * or steamship Watercraft propelled by steam; more narrowly, a shallow draft paddle wheel steamboat widely used on rivers… …   Universalium

• List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy — Ships of the Royal Navy A – B – C – D – E – F – G H – I – J – K – L – M&# …   Wikipedia

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