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== Ships ==
== Ships ==
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Ships Modell Knorr ccsa Europabild.jpg|Knarr. Viking ship.
Ships Moragsoorm c Viking own archive, Jarmeryk (archiwum własne wikingów, Jarmeryk).jpg|Viking long ship (snekkar).
Ships Santamariapuszczykowo pd.jpg|Hoy/ Carrack. Santa Maria. Columbus.
Detail from a map of Ortelius - Magellan's ship Victoria PD.png| Magellan's ship Victoria. Carrack.
Ships Portuguese Caravel ccsa PHGCOM.jpg|Caravel.
Caravel LaPinta ccsa.jpg| Caravel pinta (Columbus).
Ships Kieler Hansekogge 2007 ccsa VollwertBIT.jpg| Cog
Ships hoy pd.jpg|Hoy
PSM V57 D097 Hms beagle in the straits of magellan PD.png|HMS Beagle. Darwin. Brig Sloop.
HMS Endeavour off the coast of New Holland, by Samuel Atkins c.1794 PD.jpg|HMS Endeavour; Captain james Cook. Bark
Brigantine copperEtch PD.png|Brigantine
A naval snow PD.jpg| Snow.
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* Mediaval. See the Wikipedia page for more information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_ships
* Large sailing ships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_sailing_vessels
* Types of Sail plans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_plan#Types_of_sail_plans
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig_(sailing)
''Kog'' or ''Cog''.
* 10th century, and was widely used from around the 12th century on.
* a single mast and a single square sail
''Knarr
''* viking ship
* was a cargo ship
''Longship''
* Scandinavian warship
*  graceful, long, narrow, and light, with a shallow-draft
*  Later versions had a rectangular sail on a single mast
''Caravel''
* a small maneuverable sailing ship
* used both lateen and square sails
* Columbus: Pinta and Niña.
''Hoy''
* a small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy barge used for freight, usually with a burthen of about 60 tons
* Columbus: Santa Maria (17.7 m long; Hoy or Carrack)
''Picard''
*
''Hulk''
* mostly for transports
* a river or canal boat
* a single mast at the amidship that was commonly depicted with a square sail
''Carrack''
* a three- or four-masted ocean-going
* Columbus: Santa Maria (17.7 m long;  Hoy or Carrack)
* Magellan: Victoria
''Galley''
*  for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe.
*  a long, slender hull, shallow draft
*  Most types of galleys also had sails that could be used in favourable winds, but they relied primarily on oars to move independently of winds and currents.
''Balinger''
* lack of a forecastle, and by carrying either a square sail, or a sail extended on a sprit on a single mast.
''Birlinn''
*
''Brig''
* Two masts which are both square-rigged.
''Brig sloop''
* HMS Beagle, Darwin.
''Bark''
* James Cook. HMS Endeavour.
''Brigantine''
* a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast). The main mast is the second and taller of the two masts.
''Sloop''
* Dutch: Sloep, Old English slūpan
* Single mast
''Snow''
* a square-rigged vessel with two masts, complemented by a snow- or trysail-mast stepped immediately abaft (behind) the main mast.
== Captains or leaders ==


=== Prince Henry the Navigator ===
=== Prince Henry the Navigator ===
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Vasco
=== Vasco da Gama ===
1460s – 24 December 1524.
 
Ship: São Gabriel was a carrack (a three- or four-masted)
 
 
=== Magalhaes ===
 
 
=== ===
 
 
=== ===
 
== Palander ==

Latest revision as of 09:09, 6 June 2024

Introduction

Some famous sailing ships and the captains

Ships

Kog or Cog.

  • 10th century, and was widely used from around the 12th century on.
  • a single mast and a single square sail

Knarr * viking ship

  • was a cargo ship

Longship

  • Scandinavian warship
  • graceful, long, narrow, and light, with a shallow-draft
  • Later versions had a rectangular sail on a single mast

Caravel

  • a small maneuverable sailing ship
  • used both lateen and square sails
  • Columbus: Pinta and Niña.

Hoy

  • a small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy barge used for freight, usually with a burthen of about 60 tons
  • Columbus: Santa Maria (17.7 m long; Hoy or Carrack)

Picard

Hulk

  • mostly for transports
  • a river or canal boat
  • a single mast at the amidship that was commonly depicted with a square sail

Carrack

  • a three- or four-masted ocean-going
  • Columbus: Santa Maria (17.7 m long; Hoy or Carrack)
  • Magellan: Victoria

Galley

  • for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe.
  • a long, slender hull, shallow draft
  • Most types of galleys also had sails that could be used in favourable winds, but they relied primarily on oars to move independently of winds and currents.

Balinger

  • lack of a forecastle, and by carrying either a square sail, or a sail extended on a sprit on a single mast.

Birlinn

Brig

  • Two masts which are both square-rigged.

Brig sloop

  • HMS Beagle, Darwin.

Bark

  • James Cook. HMS Endeavour.

Brigantine

  • a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast). The main mast is the second and taller of the two masts.

Sloop

  • Dutch: Sloep, Old English slūpan
  • Single mast

Snow

  • a square-rigged vessel with two masts, complemented by a snow- or trysail-mast stepped immediately abaft (behind) the main mast.

Captains or leaders

Prince Henry the Navigator

4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460.


Vasco da Gama

1460s – 24 December 1524.

Ship: São Gabriel was a carrack (a three- or four-masted)


Magalhaes

Palander