Fateh-El-Khair is a deep sea sailing ship of the "boom saffar" type. This ship was designed and built in Kuwait in 1938 by the late shipbuilder Ali Abdul Rassol for the merchant Mohamed Al-Ghanim and his brother Thunayan Al-Ghanim. The building of the ship took 18 carpenters working 60 days round the clock and cost approximately 17,000 rupees. She is made of Indian timber and weighs 100 tons when empty and can sail up to 13 knots.

Its main route was from India to Africa as a cargo ship and could carry a total of approximately 226 tons. This ship carried dates from Kuwait and would trade them for tea in India and wood from Africa. The journey took seven months and went to several exotic ports. Merchants on this ship traded dates in Manglore, India for tiles and in Zanzibar the ship would take on mangrove poles to use in the building of Arabian houses.

In 1954 the ship was outfitted with an engine that assisted in powering the ship. The ship was re-discovered in Dubai and was purchased by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences in 1994. The Fateh-El-Khair is now permanently docked at the Dhow Harbour of the TSC.

There are two smaller boats which are on exhibit in conjunction with the Fateh-El-Khair. One is a mashuwa, a long boat of the dhow built in 1995. The other is the kait. This was a type of boat which was used to transport the captain from one ship to another. Both were also built by the late Ali Abdul Rassol.