Would a small boat (like a schooner) have had an engine in the late 1800s?

Question

I am wondering if schooners have engines (or would have in the late 1800s).

Or if any smaller boats would have had engines back then...

Answer 1

no.

as was mentioned, steam plants were just too big and bulky; engines didn't go into small ( under 100 foot) boats until the automobile industry started producing small diesel and gas engines; almost all the "coasting" schooners were designed to sail and not take up valuable cargo space with such new fangled ideas as engines

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

I doubt that they would've had steam engines ,to big and bulkey,they might've got small diesels later on,but that would've been it