Ship's boats

boat used primarily as an emergency means of leaving a larger boat or ship in case of emergency scene

type of watercraft designed for speed

open motorboat

thumb|Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress thumb|Safety dinghy, yacht tender

watercraft designed to service or support other watercraft

thumb|A modern copy of a whaleboat at Mystic Seaport. The mast is stowed with its heel under the after thwart and resting on the gunwale on the starboard quarter. The 2 tubs containing the whale rope are in the after half of the boat, and the rope is led round the loggerhead and then forward to the bow, between the chocks. The harpoons are already attached to the rope.thumb|Whaleboat aboard the Whaler|whaling ship Charles W. Morgan at [[Mystic Seaport]]

utility vessel

boat used as the captain's taxi

A longboat is a type of ship's boat that was in use from circa 1500 or before. Though the Royal Navy replaced longboats with launches from 1780, examples can be found in merchant ships after that date. The longboat was usually the largest boat carried by each ship. In the early period of use, a ship's longboat was often so large that it could not be carried on board and was instead towed. For instance, a 1618 survey of Royal Navy ships' boats listed a longboat used by the First Rate Prince, a ship whose length of keel was . This could lead to the longboat being lost in adverse weather. By the

man overboard rescue vessel

watercraft