Hugh Boscawen, “The Origins of the Flat-Bottomed Landing Craft 1757-58,” Army

Museum ’84 (Journal of the National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London, UK,

1985), 23-30. (Posted by John U. Rees)

For more reading on watercraft see:

"`The uses and conveniences of different kinds of Water Craft’: Continental Army Vessels

on Inland Waterways, 1775-1782”

http://www.scribd.com/doc/208475142/The-uses-and-conveniences-of-different-kinds-of-Water-

Craft-Continental-Army-Vessels-on-Inland-Waterways-1775-1782 Table of Contents:

(page)

1 Introduction

2-8 “In transporting of stores.”: Sailing Vessels

3 Sloop

4 Schooner

4 Pettiauger

8 Shallop

8-11 “A Thirty two Pounder in the Bow ”: Rowed Vessels for River Defense

8 Gunboat

9 Galley

11 Xebec

12-34 “4 Wagons & Horses, and 1000 Men at a Try.”:

Flat-Bottomed Transport for Soldiers, Supplies, and Vehicles

12-16 Ferry Boats and River Crossings

16-19 Scows and Flatbottom Boats

19-20 Barge

20-22 Durham Boat

22-28 Bateaux

28-34 Wagon Boat

34-52 1781 Campaign: Bateaux, Flat Boats, Wagon Boats and Other Craft

52-54 “For the purpose of sounding Haverstraw Bar.”: Miscellaneous Small Craft

52-53 Whale Boat

53 Skiff

53 Rowboat

53 Wherry

54 Round-futtock Boat

54-57 “The best Oars men in the Army”: Soldiers Serving in Boat Crews and at Ferries

57-58 Conclusion

59-64 Addenda

59-60 I. British Military Flatboats and Landing Craft

60-64 II. More on Bateaux in the 1776 New York and Canadian Campaign

64-77 Endnotes