Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sunan "flyboat" ya samo asali ne daga Dutch "vlieboot", jirgin ruwa mai zurfin zurfin zurfin da zai iya kewayawa a cikin "vlie" mai zurfi ko kogin kogi, kamar Vlie. An yi amfani da jiragen ruwa masu dauke da makamai ta hanyar sojojin ruwa na 'yan tawayen Holland, Watergeuzen, a farkon Yakin Shekaru Takwas, kuma sun hada da gudunmawar Holland zuwa yakin.
Sojojin Ingila. Irin wannan jirgin yana kama da karamin kararrawa kuma yana da masts biyu ko mafi yawan uku, babban jirgi, da kuma bindigogi na ƙarfe da yawa. Ƙananan, maras tsada, kuma mai sauƙin sarrafawa, ya dace da ayyukan masu fashin teku a cikin tekun Turai, kuma ba da daɗewa ba masu fashin teku ko 'yan fashin teku na wasu ƙasashe suka yi koyi da shi. Rundunar sojan ruwa ta Dutch, da abokan gabansu, Dunkirkers, da farko sun yi amfani da jiragen ruwa masu yawa. A shekara ta 1588, rundunar Alexander Farnese ta kasance a Dunkirk ta hanyar jiragen ruwa na 30 na jiragen ruwa na Holland da Lieutenant Admiral Justin na Nassau ya umurce shi, ya hana shi shiga cikin Armada na Spain don mamaye Ingila.