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A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. [1] Such a vessel is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged, with each mast stepped in three segments: lower, top, and topgallant. [2] [3] [4] Other large, multi-masted sailing vessels may be regarded as "ships ...
In the Royal Navy, the razee operation was typically performed on a smaller two-deck ship of the line, resulting in a large frigate. The rationale for this apparent reduction in gun power was that the smaller ships-of-the-line could no longer be used safely in fleet actions as the overall size and armament of opposing ships increased.
Full-rigged ships of Australia (7 P) Pages in category "Full-rigged ships" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total.
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Full-rigged ship: General characteristics after 1658 rebuild [3] Class and type: 48-gun third rate ship of the line: Tons burthen: 717: Length: 112 ft (34 m) (keel) Beam: 35 ft 4 in (10.77 m) Depth of hold: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) Sail plan: Full-rigged ship: Armament: 48 guns of various weights of shot
The full-rigged pinnace was the larger of two types of vessel ... Dutch pinnaces had a hull form resembling a small race-built galleon and usually rigged as a ship ...
Full-rigged ship: Armament: 60 guns of various weights of shot: General characteristics after 1716 rebuild [3] Class and type: 1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line: Tons burthen: 920 bm: Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck) Beam: 38 ft (11.6 m) Depth of hold: 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) Propulsion: Sails: Sail plan: Full-rigged ship ...
A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques.For the purposes of this category, tall ship will refer to those vessels rated as class "B" or above (Fore and aft rigged vessels between 100 and 160 feet (30 and 49 meters) in length, and all square-rigged vessels).