What is a boat with a paddle wheel called?

What is a boat with a paddle wheel called? In French, paddle boats are called ‘bateaux à roues’, ‘navires à aubes’ or combinations thereof. And the English general words for wheel (steam) boats are ‘paddle steamers’, ‘paddle-wheelers’ and ‘paddlers’. At the beginning of the steamships, between 1810 and 1820, all steam ships were paddle ships.

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