Fleet or armada.
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A fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, or convoy, depending on how many, what type, and why they are sailing together.
Wooden sailing ships.
boats
A Clipper was the fastest of all sailing ships.For a sailing ships to be faster draught of that ship must be low.Other fast-sailing ships are:CarrackCaravelSloopSchoonerBrigBrigandineBarque
they were called Sailing Ships
A brig or a bark.
A fleet. If armed, an armada.
Some of the earliest sailing ships were merely rafts, as proven by Thor Heyerdahl with the "Kon Tiki" in 1947.
That would be our clipper ships, sailor!
They were called shipwrights
First were sailing ships, THEN steam ships.
A group of ships is commonly referred to as a "fleet." This term is often used to describe a collection of naval vessels or merchant ships operating together for a specific purpose. In some contexts, smaller groups may also be called a "convoy," especially when ships are traveling together for protection.
Sailing ships had rudders at the stern.