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"Brig, a sailing vessel with two masts rigged like the foremast and mizzen-mast of a full-rigged ship." -Vaughan, 1906

Brig

"Brig, a sailing vessel with two masts rigged like the foremast and mizzen-mast of a full-rigged ship."…

The sheer hulk is a ship that is afloat but incapable of going to sea. It was used as a crane to help construct ships with its sheers (masts).

Sheer Hulk

The sheer hulk is a ship that is afloat but incapable of going to sea. It was used as a crane to help…

Merchant Sailing Ship

"An instrument having two or three sides or edges for cleaning the decks, masts, or planking of ships, etc." &mdash;Whitney, 1889 <p>Illustration of a tool with a triangular head and a handle.

Ship Scraper

"An instrument having two or three sides or edges for cleaning the decks, masts, or planking of ships,…

"Settee. A vessel with one deck and a very long sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used on the Mediterranean." -Whitney, 1911

Settee

"Settee. A vessel with one deck and a very long sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen…

"A small fore-and-aft rigged vessel with one mast, generally carrying a jib, fore-staysail, mainsail, and gaff-topsail. Some sloops formerly had a square topsail. It is generally understood that a sloop differs from a cutter by having a fixed instead of a running bowsprit, but the names are used somewhat indiscriminately." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Sloop

"A small fore-and-aft rigged vessel with one mast, generally carrying a jib, fore-staysail, mainsail,…

Illustration of a painting of the ancient Greeks returning victorious from the Battle of Salamis against the Persians. Athenian women run out to meet the soldiers as they emerge from their ships. Ships' masts can be seen to the right. One soldier rears up on horseback.

The Victors of Salamis by Fernand Cormon

Illustration of a painting of the ancient Greeks returning victorious from the Battle of Salamis against…