- The aftercastle[pronunciation?] (or sterncastle,
sometimes aftcastle) is the
stern structure behind the
mizzenmast and
above the
transom on
large sailing...
- were boarded. A
similar but
usually much
larger structure,
called the
aftcastle, was at the aft end of the ship,
often stretching all the way from the...
- castles.
There were
three types of castles:
forecastle (at the prow),
aftcastle (at the stern), and the
topcastle (at the top of the mast). A
record from...
- and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast. They had a high
rounded stern with
aftcastle,
forecastle and
bowsprit at the stem. As the
predecessor of the galleon...
-
effect of
making the
razee ship much handier,
since the
forecastle and
aftcastle no
longer created windage, top
weight was reduced, and the ship was made...
-
usually had
three masts, and
unlike galleys,
proper forecastles and an
aftcastles. Much
effort was made in
Venice to make galle****es as fast as possible...
- were
included to
compensate for the guns that were
positioned in the
aftcastle,
aiming forwards, but
which would have been
obscured due to the angle...
- the
conventional methods of
securing the
weapons on the
forecastle and
aftcastle could not be used. A
French shipbuilder named James Baker was commissioned...
- a three- or four-masted ship. It had a high
rounded stern with
large aftcastle,
forecastle and
bowsprit at the stem. It was
first used by the Portuguese...
- Cristóbal,
which had come to help San Felipe,
rammed Revenge underneath her
aftcastle, and some time later, Bertendona's San Bernabé
battered the
English warship...
