The phrase "a shallow draught" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in nautical contexts to describe a ship or boat that has a small depth of water needed to float, allowing it to navigate in shallow waters.
Example: "The vessel was designed with a shallow draught, making it ideal for exploring coastal areas and rivers."
Alternatives: "a shallow draft" or "a low draught".
They were given a shallow draught, in part to allow them to operate in the shallow waters of the Baltic but also reflecting experience gained earlier in the war.
Archer was well known for a particular hull design that combined seaworthiness with a shallow draught, and had pioneered the design of "double-ended" craft in which the conventional stern was replaced by a point, increasing manoeuvrability.
There must be further VERY GREAT INCREASE IN SPEED... your speed must vastly exceed [that of] your possible enemy!" Fisher's desire for a shallow draught was not merely based on the need to allow for inshore operations; ships tended to operate closer to deep load than anticipated and were often found lacking in freeboard, reserve buoyancy and safety against underwater attack.
The following morning, the Spanish sent the two ships with a shallower draught to find a safe approach through the shallows.
Perhaps Alexander Pope suggested the best remedy for this beginner's bubble when he said that if a few shallow draughts of experience intoxicate the brain, the only cure was to continue drinking until we are sober again.
After several letters went back and forth between the two admirals, St Vincent, tired of his subordinate's excuses, took the entire offshore squadron and sailed them between the inshore squadron and the shore thus proving that the ships had a shallow enough draught to have given chase and captured the French.
On 12 August, UB-8 fired a torpedoe at HMS Manica from 500 yards, which passed under Manica's shallow draught, the submarine was then sighted outside net, two torpedoes fired and missed Manica, which hit the net at an acute angle and burst.
Shallow draught was of the utmost importance and all other factors were to be subordinated to this.
The harbour is only accessible to shallow draught boats drawing up to 4 feet due to the sandbars at the entrance.
Other sites could only accommodate shallow draught vessels drawing 12 feet or less, were obstructed by coral reefs, or were exposed to the weather thus making them unsuitable for development.
By the stratagem of taking the fleet's ships of shallower draught through a difficult channel, Nelson bypassed the shore batteries covering the city's northern approaches.
