Launch is a name given to several different types of boat. The wide range of usage of the name extends from utilitarian craft through to pleasure boats built to a very high standard.
1910 Mathis launch, 15 horsepower universal engine, at Saranac Lake, New York
A police launch operating on the Thames
The steam launch Branksome, at the Windermere Jetty museum
A US Navy launch of the 1940s
Kelulus or kalulus is a type of rowing boat used in the Nusantara archipelago. It is typically small in size and propelled using oar or paddle. However, for long-distance voyages, this boat can be equ
Kelulus in Batavia (now Jakarta), 1733.
Royal barge in the Bengawan Solo River, near Gresik, ca. 1811–1813.