A pram or pramm describes a type of shallow-draught flat-bottomed ship, usually propelled by pushing the ship through the water using a long pole, although sailing prams also exist. The name pram derives from the Latin ''premere'' ("press
erb).
Historically, prams were often used to transport agricultural cargo or cattle through shallow canals and wetlands in Europe. During the times of the
Great Northern War
In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the ant ...
, those types of watercraft were used as a
floating battery for artillery support during amphibious assault. In the Netherlands they were used to transport
peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...
.
There is also an unrelated type of
boat called "pram".
Gallery
File:Pram, Nicolaes Witsen (1671).jpg, Drawing of a 17th-century pram by Nicolaes Witsen
File:Praam.jpg, A pram in use, cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Not all heritages of past generations are "heritage"; rather, heritage is a product of selection by socie ...
collection, Zuiderzee Museum
File:Zuideinde, Nieuwkoop. Praam met strorollen 02.jpg, Veense pram with thatching reed bales in Nieuwkoop
File:Wbtholen praam.jpg, W.B. Tholen, pram, collection of the Zuiderzee Museum
File:Boeierpraam 'De Hoop' in het Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen.jpg, Boeier pram ''De Hoop'' in the Zuiderzee Museum
File:Pram from Tavrov.JPG, Russian 44-gun pram of Tavrovo Admiralty
See also
*
Hull
*
Watercraft
A watercraft or waterborne vessel is any vehicle designed for travel across or through water bodies, such as a boat, ship, hovercraft, submersible or submarine.
Types
Historically, watercraft have been divided into two main categories.
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References
Further reading
* ''Aeloude en Hedendaegse Scheepsbouw en Bestier''
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
1671.b (In archaic Dutch)
* ''Schepen die verdwijnen'' 1947. (In Dutch)
* ''Nederlandsche binnenschepen'' 1944. (In Dutch)
External links
Ship types
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