Types of Sailing Ship
Brigantine - A two-masted sailing
ship, square-rigged on the foremast with fore-and-aft
mainsail. Barque (Alternate spelling:
"Bark") - A sailing ship with three to five masts, all
square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft
rigged. Barquentine (Alternate spelling:
"Barkentine") - A three- or more-masted sailing ship,
square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged in the
remaining masts. Brig - A two-masted sailing ship,
square-rigged on both masts. Schooner - A fore-and-aft rigged
sailing vessel with two or more masts. Clipper - A sharp-bowed sailing
vessel of the mid-19th century, with tall masts and sharp
lines and built for great speed. Ketch - A two-masted
fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with a mizzenmast stepped
aft of a taller mainmast but forward of the rudder.
Sloop - In modern times, a
single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short
standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail
hanked on the forestay. Frigate - A three-masted,
full-rigged, high-speed, medium-sized sailing war vessel of
the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.