 Chaika boat (Beauplan's book "Description of Ukraine", 1660) | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Achaika (Russian:чайка,Ukrainian:чайка,chayka,Hungarian: csajka,Polish:czajka,Serbian:шајка /šajka,Slovene:šajka orplitka) was a wooden boat that could have amast andsail, a type ofgalley, used in early modern warfare and cargo transport by the:
Tschaika were either 48 m (157 ft) (Double Tschaika), 24 m (79 ft) (Ganz ("Full") Tschaika), 12 m (39 ft) (Halb ("Half") Tschaika) or 6 m (20 ft) (Quarter Tschaika) in length, operated bysail oroars. Between 30 and 50 men were in service, commanded by an officer, with a helmsman, an armourer, a drummer, two bowsmen, and up to 36 oarsmen.[2]
Chaikas were between 18–20 m (59–66 ft) in length, 3–3.5 m (9.8–11.5 ft) in width, and 3.5–4 m (11–13 ft) in depth. The bottom of a chaika was carved out of a singletree trunk, with sides built out of wooden planks. To protect the boat from enemy guns or from sinking,reed bales were tied to thegunwales of the boat. One such boat could carry around 50 to 60 men and up to 6falconets (small cannon). Some chaikas also had twosteering oars, so that the boat never needed turning around in order to switch direction.[citation needed]
A similar, but larger boat used by the Zaporozhian Cossacks for both transport and warfare was called abaidak.
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