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Chaika (boat)
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A chaika (Ukrainian: чайка, chayka, Hungarian: csajka, Polish: czajka, Serbian: шајка / šajka, Slovene: šajka or plitka) was a wooden boat that could have a mast and sail, a type of galley, used in early modern warfare and cargo transport by the:
- Zaporozhian Cossacks in the 16th–17th centuries in Ukraine on the Dnipro River and the Black Sea.
- Serbs in the 16th-19th centuries on the Danube, known as Šajkaši, under the Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire and Habsburgs.
- Slovenes from the 16th to the early 20th century on the Drava River.[1]
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![]() Chaika boat (Beauplan's book "Description of Ukraine", 1660) | |
Development | |
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Year | 1500s |
Role | Marine warfare/transportation |
Boat | |
Crew | 50 or 60 |
Draft | 4 m (13 ft) (board down) |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Wood |
LOA | 20 m (66 ft) |
Beam | 3.5 m (11 ft) |
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