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Ships Moragsoorm c Viking own archive, Jarmeryk (archiwum własne wikingów, Jarmeryk).jpg|Viking long ship (snekkar). | 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. | 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. | Ships Portuguese Caravel ccsa PHGCOM.jpg|Caravel. | ||
Caravel LaPinta ccsa.jpg| Caravel pinta (Columbus). | Caravel LaPinta ccsa.jpg| Caravel pinta (Columbus). | ||
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* a three- or four-masted ocean-going | * a three- or four-masted ocean-going | ||
* Columbus: Santa Maria (17.7 m long; Hoy or Carrack) | * Columbus: Santa Maria (17.7 m long; Hoy or Carrack) | ||
* Magellan: Victoria | |||
''Galley'' | ''Galley'' | ||
* for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe. | * for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe. | ||
Revision as of 10:50, 21 May 2024
Introduction
Some famous sailing ships and the captains
Ships
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Knarr. Viking ship.
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Viking long ship (snekkar).
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Hoy/ Carrack. Santa Maria. Columbus.
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Magellan's ship Victoria. Carrack.
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Caravel.
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Caravel pinta (Columbus).
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Cog
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Hoy
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HMS Beagle. Darwin. Brig Sloop.
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HMS Endeavour; Captain james Cook. Bark
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Brigantine
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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.
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
4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460.
Vasco da Gama
1460s – 24 December 1524.
Ship: São Gabriel was a carrack (a three- or four-masted)
