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Types of Sailing Ship

Brigantine - A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on the foremast with fore-and-aft mainsail.

Barque (Alternate spelling: "Bark") - A sailing ship with three to five masts, all square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

Barquentine (Alternate spelling: "Barkentine") - A three- or more-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged in the remaining masts.

Brig - A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts.

Schooner - A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two or more masts.

Clipper - A sharp-bowed sailing vessel of the mid-19th century, with tall masts and sharp lines and built for great speed.

Ketch - A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with a mizzenmast stepped aft of a taller mainmast but forward of the rudder.

Sloop - In modern times, a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail hanked on the forestay.

Frigate - A three-masted, full-rigged, high-speed, medium-sized sailing war vessel of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.