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An armed vessel used for raiding disguised as a merchant vessel Mistico Small, fast two or three-masted Mediterranean sailing vessel Monitor A small, very heavily gunned warship with shallow draft, designed for coastal operations Motor ship or motor vessel A vessel powered by a non-steam engine, typically diesel. Ship prefix MS or MV Nef
The word brig has been used in the past as an abbreviation of brigantine (which is the name for a two-masted vessel with foremast fully square rigged and her mainmast rigged with both a fore-and-aft mainsail, square topsails and possibly topgallant sails). The brig actually developed as a variant of the brigantine.
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. B. Brigantines (5 C, 31 P) Brigs (6 C, 46 P) Pages in category "Two-masted ships"
A brigantine is 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). [1] The main mast is the second and taller of the two masts.
Lewis R. French, a gaff-rigged schooner Oosterschelde, a topsail schooner Orianda, a staysail schooner, with Bermuda mainsail. A schooner (/ ˈ s k uː n ər / SKOO-nər) [1] is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.
Tourism/charter vessel 2 masted gaff [16] Argo: 2006 Road Town, Tortola: Education/sail training vessel 2 masted Marconi/ staysail [17] Atalanta: 1901 Wismar: Education/sail training and charter vessel 2 masted gaff [18] Athos: 2010: World's largest two-mast schooner at launch: 2-mast Bermuda: Atlantic: 2010 Douglas, Isle of Man
Stavros S Niarchos is a brig, that is a two masted vessel with square sails on both masts. She carries five yards on each mast (moving up: Course, Lower Topsail, Upper Topsail, Topgallant and Royal), and a total of 18 sails. In good conditions she has managed speeds of just over 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph).
The term has several meanings. It can apply to the rig (or sailplan), to the hull type or to the use which the vessel is put. As a rig, a yawl is a two masted, fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with the mizzen mast positioned abaft (behind) the rudder stock, or in some instances, very close to the