Shallop

Shallop is a name used for several types of boats and small ships (French chaloupe) used for coastal navigation from the seventeenth century.

Smaller shallops could maneuver far up narrow creeks to take on cargo because they could reverse their sails, oars and rudder for the return trip and so did not need to turn around.

[1] The shallops used by English explorers were about 30 feet (9.1 m) long and equipped with oars and a mast with one or two sails.

[2] The larger vessels of this design could carry a substantial load and be armed with cannon.

The boats were disassembled and stowed aboard the Susan Constant, being reassembled when the colonists arrived in North America.