- The mast of a
sailing vessel is a tall spar, or
arrangement of spars,
erected more or less
vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes...
- was a square-rigged
galleon of four masts,
including two lateen-rigged
mizzenmasts. She
served effectively as the
flagship of Vice-Admiral
Martin Frobisher...
- mainmast, both
noticeably taller than the
single or
double lateen-rigged
mizzenmasts with
their sloped lateen-rig yards, and
below the
square quarter gallery...
- (or sterncastle,
sometimes aftcastle) is the
stern structure behind the
mizzenmast and
above the
transom on
large sailing ships, such as carracks, caravels...
- were square-rigged on the
foremast and
mainmast and lateen-rigged on the
mizzenmast. They had a high
rounded stern with aftcastle,
forecastle and bowsprit...
- are: Foremast,
which is the
second tallest mast Mainmast, the
tallest Mizzenmast, the
third tallest Jiggermast,
which may not be
present but will be fourth...
-
around the turn of the 18th
century but were not
usually flown on the
mizzenmast until the end of that century. It gave its name to a
Dutch term for a...
- feet. She
carried a square-rigged fore and
mainmast and a lateen-rigged
mizzenmast.
Although there are no
existing records, she
likely had a high sterncastle...
- fore-top
platform on the foremast. A mizzen-top
would be a
platform on the
mizzenmast.
Similar main-top and fore-top
platforms have been
retained on
steam ships...
- the
following high tides. John the
Painter was
hanged in 1777 from the
mizzenmast of HMS
Arethusa for
arson in
royal dockyards, the
highest temporary gallows...
