here are a couple of sites that have something barge realted:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/~aj12x/flp.html suggests
that "a typical medieval stone-barge, as used in
the Fenlands, would have measured about nine metres in length, with
a cargo-capacity of around eight tonnes".
From http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/wreckeur.htm
The Zwammerdam Barges. Remains of at least three
Roman river barges found in the Netherlands.
Found in 1972 near the Roman army camp Nigrum
Pullum. The ships were flat-bottomed and 20-35 m
long. Ref Skyllis 2/2001<http://www.abc.se/%7Epa/bld/img/mainzf15.jpg> .
Riverboat from the time of Charlemagne. Found in
1993 in the Rhine near Kalkar and Xanten,
Nordrhein-Westfalen. 14 m long flat-bottomed
barge, investigated by Julia Cauder-Opladen,
dendrodated to 802+/-5 AD. Ref: Archäologie im
Rheinland 1993 (Köln 1994) 98 - 99, Archäologie
in Deutschland 4/1993, Archäologie in Deutschland 2/2000.
<http://www.abc.se/%7Epa/publ/bodensee.htm#Lastschiff>Flat-bottomed
cargo ship, Lake Constance. This 18 m long hull
was salvaged in 1991 by Landesdenkmalamt
Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Dated to 1st half of 14th century.
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