Editing Wherry (section)

==Regional usage in Great Britain==
[[File:Tyne Wherry A.jpg|thumb|Tyne Wherry information sheet from [[Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums]] collections]]

London passenger wherries evolved into the [[Thames skiff]], a gentleman's rowing boat. Wherries were [[clinker-built]] with long overhanging bows so that patrons could step ashore dryshod before landing stages were built along the river. It is the long angled bow that distinguishes the wherry and skiff from the [[Captain's gig|gig]] and [[cutter (ship)|cutter]] which have steeper bows following the rise of the [[Royal Navy]], and the building of landing stages.

The use of wherries on the [[River Cam]] in [[Cambridge]] was common and is described by [[Daniel Defoe]] in his journey through England. The use of wherries on the [[River Cam]] preceded the popularity of [[Punt (boat)|punting]] by [[Cambridge University]] students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/travellers/Defoe/4 |title=Daniel Defoe {{pipe}} Letter 1, Part 3: Norfolk and Cambridgeshire |publisher=Vision of Britain |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref> By the late 18th century, a name was given to the [[Norfolk wherry]], a kind of sailing barge with large sails which was developed to replace an earlier cargo boat, the Norfolk Keel.

The term wherry is also associated with a particular type of lighter used on the River Tyne largely in connection with the coal trade. The last complete example [http://collectionssearchtwmuseums.org.uk/details.html?port=45000&id=dd1d&row=1&step=0 ''Elswick No. 2''] is owned by [[Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums]] service.<ref>[http://freespace.virgin.net/l.carter/wherry.htm Photos and notes about ''Elswick No. 2'']</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=TWAMWIR |title=English: Tyne & Wear County Council Museums Service The Last Tyne Wherry Elswick No 2 Information Sheet (front). Undated c1979. An original may be consulted at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums Discovery Museum. |date=2013-06-19 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyne_Wherry_A.jpg |access-date=2022-07-22}}</ref> There is a well documented study of the last surviving wrecked examples as surveyed in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title='No wherries' |url=http://heddonhistory.weebly.com/1/post/2013/02/no-wherries.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Heddon-on-the-Wall Local History Society |language=en}}</ref>

There is firm attestation that the term was used in the Irish Sea. Vessels like "Manx wherries" and "shell wherries" (the latter evidently based in Kirkcudbright for the shell fishery) are recorded in the early 19th century.  Three shell wherries at least were active in 1810 and known to be of 10–12 tons and clinker built.<ref>"But what were shell wherries?" by David R Collin, ''[[The Galloway News]]'', 13 June 2013.</ref>