"Pirate ships" nominally had three: the foremast, mainmast, mizzenmast.
The Santa Maria was one of three ships taken by Christopher Columbus to America in 1492. The ship had three masts.
one of his ships,the hope well was a which bark,a ship that had three masts,it was small and wooden.:)
Martin Frobisher mostly sailed in barques. These ships had three masts.
Ships with three masts are commonly referred to as "barques" or "brigs." A barque typically has a foremast and mainmast rigged with square sails, while the aft mast is rigged with fore-and-aft sails. Brigs, on the other hand, have two square-rigged masts and one fore-and-aft rigged mast. Additionally, some traditional sailing vessels, like the three-masted schooner, also feature three masts rigged with fore-and-aft sails.
Schooners and clippers have three or more masts...
In the olden days ships used masts , today they use engines.
Tall ships. More specifically, a Barque or Bark has three masts (possible more) fore and aft rigged mizzen mast. Barquentine, three masts with all but the foremost fore and aft rigged. A fully rigged ship, three or more masts, all of them square rigged A Schooner, three or more masts with fore and aft rigged sails
The rigging on a ship is supported by (attached to) the masts, yards and spars.
they were used for taking down masts of ships
no some where free ships
Ships in the 17th century were what they had been for hundreds of years previously and would be for a hundred years afterward: large wooden vessels with several tall masts and large, usually white sails. They are the stereotypical "pirate ships."