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... 17 KB (2,235 words) - 23:21, 9 April 2024 |
Bermuda rig with triangular sails fore and aft, or as a gaff-rig with triangular foresail(s) and a gaff rigged mainsail. In naval terminology, "sloop-of-war"... 5 KB (553 words) - 21:20, 2 April 2024 |
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... 9 KB (1,033 words) - 00:09, 30 March 2023 |
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... 14 KB (1,770 words) - 06:26, 14 April 2024 |
Junk rig (section Comparison with Bermuda rig) 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... 34 KB (4,418 words) - 19:08, 2 March 2024 |
lines of traditional Bermuda sloops. The first three vessels commissioned from Bermudian shipyards were 200 ton, 12-gun sloops-of-war, ordered in 1795... 52 KB (6,274 words) - 19:10, 21 April 2024 |
Speronara Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec 17th c. Bermuda sloop Corvette East Indiaman Frigate Galeas Koff Pink Polacca Ship of the... 4 KB (382 words) - 01:11, 11 March 2024 |
gaff sail) and square topsails and possibly topgallant sails. After the sloop the brigantine was the next-most popular rig for ships built in the British... 7 KB (731 words) - 12:47, 2 April 2024 |
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... 5 KB (695 words) - 01:49, 28 November 2023 |
on a square rigged vessel. Fore-and-aft rigged sails include staysails, Bermuda rigged sails, gaff rigged sails, gaff sails, gunter rig, lateen sails,... 5 KB (484 words) - 22:56, 6 January 2024 |
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... 35 KB (3,913 words) - 12:24, 4 May 2024 |
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... 12 KB (1,368 words) - 23:27, 29 March 2024 |
World territories. The Royal Navy compensated by deploying numerous Bermuda sloops. Similarly, many of the East India Company's merchant vessels became... 30 KB (4,151 words) - 06:02, 15 April 2024 |
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... 74 KB (9,196 words) - 02:18, 4 May 2024 |
Speronara Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec 17th c. Bermuda sloop Corvette East Indiaman Frigate Galeas Koff Pink Polacca Ship of the... 10 KB (1,022 words) - 21:15, 4 May 2024 |
Speronara Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec 17th c. Bermuda sloop Corvette East Indiaman Frigate Galeas Koff Pink Polacca Ship of the... 99 KB (11,599 words) - 21:30, 24 April 2024 |
the sail area to have a lower centre of pressure than, for example, a Bermudan sloop. This gives a lower heeling moment. Before "yawl" became the name of... 16 KB (2,177 words) - 17:04, 27 March 2024 |