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  2. Sail plan - Wikipedia

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    Sail plan of a brig. A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports the rig. [1] By extension, "sail plan" describes the arrangement of sails on a craft. [2] [3] A sailing craft may be waterborne (a ship or boat), an iceboat, or a sail ...

  3. Rig (sailing) - Wikipedia

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    Sail plan of a sloop. Each rig may be described with a sail plan—a drawing of a vessel, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports the rig. [4] By extension, "sail plan" describes the arrangement of sails on a vessel.

  4. Full-rigged ship - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. File:Sail plan for the Jackdaw (1830), Lark (1830), Magpie ...

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    File:Sail plan for the Jackdaw (1830), Lark (1830), Magpie (1830), Raven (1829)... RMG J1393.jpg

  6. Sailing ship - Wikipedia

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    There is a variety of sail plans that propel sailing ships, employing square-rigged or fore-and-aft sails. Some ships carry square sails on each mast—the brig and full-rigged ship, said to be "ship-rigged" when there are three or more masts. [1] Others carry only fore-and-aft sails on each mast, for instance some schooners.

  7. HMS Unicorn (1824) - Wikipedia

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    Museum ship, Dundee, Scotland: General characteristics; Class and type: Modified Leda-class frigate: Tons burthen: 1077 bm: Length: 151 ft 9 in (46.25 m) (lower deck) 125 ft (38 m) (keel) Beam: 40 ft 3 in (12.27 m) Depth of hold: 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) Sail plan: Although never given masts, she was planned as a full-rigged ship: Range

  8. Kalmar Nyckel - Wikipedia

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    Kalmar Nyckel was constructed in about 1625, and was of a design called a pinnace.The ship was originally named Sleutel (Dutch for 'key'), and to distinguish it from several other ships called Key it was known by the name of the city of Kalmar, which purchased the ship in 1629, as its contribution to a state-sponsored trading company, Skeppskompaniet.

  9. Leda-class frigate - Wikipedia

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    The design of the name ship, Leda of 1800, was based on Sané's design for the French Hébé-class frigate. [1] The British 44-gun fifth rate HMS Rainbow captured Hébé in 1782. (The British took Hébé into service as HMS Hebe but in 1805 renamed her HMS Blonde ).