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A ketch is a sailing ship with two masts.
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What is a galleon?
A galleon is a large, three-masted, square-rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
What is the name of the 3-masted sailing vessel invented by the Portuguese?
A caravel is a ship with 3 masts. To see a photo of a delightful model of a caravel, click on the Related Link.
What does a sailing ship look like?
A sailing ship, also called a vessil has two masts a kell and a hull
What was the brigantine ship made of?
brigantine, two-masted sailing ship with square rigging on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigging on the mainmast. The term originated with the two-masted ships, also powered by oars, on which pirates, or sea brigands, terrorized the Mediterranean in the 16th century. In northern European waters the brigantine became purely a sailing ship. Its gaff-rigged mainsail distinguished it from the completely square-rigged brig, though the two terms came to be used interchangeably. For example, brigantines with square topsails above the gaffed mainsail were called true brigantines, whereas those with no square sails at all on the mainmast were called hermaphrodite brigs or brig-schooners.
What is a two-masted sailing vessel called?
A brig is one type of two-masted sailing vessel. More specifically, a brig is a vessel with two square-rigged masts. This means that the two masts have square sails, as opposed to a vessel that is bermuda-rigged (triangle-shaped sails). There are other types of two-masted sailing vessels: Brigantine Brig or Brig-schooner Ketch Koch (type not based on rigging) Schooner Yawl. Of these, the ketch, schooner, and yawl still remain somewhat popular today.
If you where on a brig what vehicle would you be riding?
a two-masted square-rigged ship or in the prison of a warship.
What type of vehicle would you ride on a brig?
A Brig is a two masted square rigged ship
What is the origin of the word brigantine?
A Brigantine is a two masted sailing ship, square rigging on the foremast and fore and aft on the main.. There is a medieval Latin word 'Brigantinus, becoming an Italian word 'Brigantino' meaning an armed escort ship. The name was adopted into French as 'Brigantin' and English as 'Brigantine'
Where is a brig on a ship?
A brigantine was originally a small ship carrying oars and sails. But later evolved to a two-masted ship. The brigantine was the second most popular ship built in the American colonies.
What was Charles Darwin ship name?
It wasn't his personal ship, it belonged to the Royal Navy - it was called HMS Beagle.
What ships did vasco da gama travel on?
in his first voyage he had four. They used two medium sized, three masted sailing ships, 120 tons each. One 50 ton caravel and one 200 ton store ship. i think he burned the store ship sometime during his journey though
What are two examples of motion?
A man running. A ship sailing on water.
