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  2. Nuestra Señora de Atocha - Wikipedia

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    It was a heavily armed Spanish galleon that served as the almirante (rear guard) for the Spanish fleet. It would trail behind the other ships in the flotilla to prevent an attack from the rear. Much of the wreck of Nuestra Señora de Atocha was famously recovered by an American commercial treasure hunting expedition in 1985.

  3. Galleon - Wikipedia

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    A Spanish galleon (left) firing its cannons at a Dutch warship (right). Cornelis Verbeeck, c. 1618–1620 A Spanish galleon Carracks, galleon (center/right), square rigged caravel (below), galley and fusta (galliot) depicted by D. João de Castro on the "Suez Expedition" (part of the Portuguese Armada of 72 ships sent against the Ottoman fleet anchor in Suez, Egypt, in response to its entry in ...

  4. Mast (sailing) - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, in a brig, the forward mast is the foremast and the after mast is the mainmast. In a schooner with two masts, even if the masts are of the same height, the after one usually carries a larger sail (because a longer boom can be used), so the after mast is the mainmast.

  5. List of ship types - Wikipedia

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    A fore and aft-rigged vessel with two or more masts of which the foremast is shorter than the main Settee Single-decked, single or double-masted Mediterranean cargo vessel carrying a settee sail Shallop A large, heavily built, sixteenth-century boat which is fore-and-aft rigged; more recently a poetically frail open boat Ship or full-rigged ship

  6. Forecastle - Wikipedia

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    Replica of the Victoria, the only one of Ferdinand Magellan's five ships to return to Spain in 1522, showing both a forecastle (left) and quarterdeck (right).. The forecastle (/ ˈ f oʊ k s əl / ⓘ FOHK-səl; contracted as fo'c'sle or fo'c's'le) [1] [2] is the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or, historically, the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters.

  7. Foresail - Wikipedia

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    The lowest square sail on the foremast of a full-rigged ship or other vessel which is square-rigged. [ 2 ] Sails set forward of the mainmast , such as jibs and staysails , are sometimes referred to as foresails, although " headsails " is a more common term, headsail can also specifically refer to the sail on a forestay that connects directly to ...

  8. São Martinho (1580) - Wikipedia

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    São Martinho or San Martín (meaning Saint Martin), built as a Portuguese Navy galleon, became the flagship of the Duke of Medina Sedonia, the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada. When the Kingdom of Portugal came under the rule of King Philip II of Spain (Philip I of Portugal), in 1580, the Portuguese had just finished building a large ...

  9. Yard (sailing) - Wikipedia

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    A view of Stavros S Niarchos ' s main-topgallant yard shortly after maintenance, clearly showing its various parts. On relatively "modern" late-nineteenth-century rigs like this, the quarters make up almost all of it.