The Bermuda sloop is a historical type of fore-and-aft rigged single-masted sailing vessel developed on the islands of Bermuda in the 17th century. Such...

configuration for most modern sailboats.: 52  Whilst commonly seen in sloop-rigged vessels, Bermuda rig is used in a range of configurations, for instance, a cutter...

mainsail may be of any type, most often Bermuda rig, but also others, such as gaff or gunter. In naval terminology, "sloop-of-war" refers to the purpose of the...

reconnaissance duties for the fleets. Bermuda sloops were found with gaff rig, mixtures of gaff and square rig, or a Bermuda rig. They were built with up to...

of Bermuda is a modern-built Bermuda sloop. She is a replica of a Royal Navy sloop-of-war, depicted in a well-known 1831 painting. The Bermuda sloop was...

merchants, privateers and the Royal Navy, giving its name to the Bermuda rig and Bermuda sloop. It became an imperial fortress, the most important British...

The Bermuda sloop became highly regarded for its speed and manoeuvrability, and was soon adapted for service with the Royal Navy. The Bermuda sloop HMS Pickle...

with gaff or Bermuda rig. Also used for modern sloops with Bermuda rig 45600 Bermuda, a British LMS Jubilee Class locomotive MV Bermuda, a British cruise...

resources other than the Bermuda cedar, the colonists applied themselves fully to the maritime trades, developing the speedy Bermuda sloop, which was well suited...

schooners are Bermuda rigged. The most common modern sailboat is the sloop, which features one mast and two sails, typically a Bermuda rigged main, and...

Together As One, an EP supporting the Bermuda Sloop Foundation which operates the Bermuda sloop Spirit of Bermuda. In 2002, she self-published The Sorrowjoy...

lines of traditional Bermuda sloops. The first three vessels commissioned from Bermudian shipyards were 200 ton, 12-gun sloops-of-war, ordered in 1795...

rigs, particularly the sloop, ketch and yawl, gaff rigged sails were once common but have now been largely replaced by the Bermuda rig sail, which, in addition...

a 14-gun brig-sloop purchased in 1795 that disappeared in September 1796 in the Gulf of Florida. HMS Bermuda (1805) was an 18-gun sloop-of-war launched...

main mast is usually stepped further forward than the position found on a sloop. The sail plan of a ketch is similar to that of a yawl, on which the mizzen...

North America before 1775, after the sloop. The brigantine was swifter and more easily maneuvered than a sloop or schooner, hence was employed for piracy...

to the concept were being built in Jamaica and Bermuda, with the hull of the ocean-going Bermuda sloop broader than the Jamaican and deeper than the American...

World territories. The Royal Navy compensated by deploying numerous Bermuda sloops. Similarly, many of the East India Company's merchant vessels became...

as few as 16 guns, such as HMS Falcon, which the British classified as a sloop. Under the rating system of the Royal Navy, by the middle of the 18th century...

schooners of old, but modern vessels tend to be Bermuda rigged (or occasionally junk-rigged). While a sloop rig is simpler and cheaper, the schooner rig...

registered as HM Bark Endeavour to distinguish her from another Endeavour, a sloop already in service at the time. Endeavour happened to be a full-rigged ship...

whisker pole which holds the clew of a Bermuda head sail out. Junk sails are also self-jibing, where a Bermuda sloop rig must focus on trimming a headsail...

Speronara Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec 17th c. Bermuda sloop Corvette Frigate Galeas Koff Pink Polacca Ship of the line 18th c. Bilander...

Speronara Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec 17th c. Bermuda sloop Corvette Frigate Galeas Koff Pink Polacca Ship of the line 18th c. Bilander...

were fully square-rigged and were termed xebec-frigates. The British brig-sloop Speedy's (14 guns, 54 men) defeat of the Spanish xebec-frigate El Gamo (32...

Speronara Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec 17th c. Bermuda sloop Corvette Frigate Galeas Koff Pink Polacca Ship of the line 18th c. Bilander...

Speronara Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec 17th c. Bermuda sloop Corvette Frigate Galeas Koff Pink Polacca Ship of the line 18th c. Bilander...

that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloop-of-war. The modern roles that a corvette fulfills include coastal patrol...

Speronara Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec 17th c. Bermuda sloop Corvette Frigate Galeas Koff Pink Polacca Ship of the line 18th c. Bilander...

Speronara Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec 17th c. Bermuda sloop Corvette Frigate Galeas Koff Pink Polacca Ship of the line 18th c. Bilander...