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Definition of Sloops

Sloop
Sloop Sloop, n.[D. sloep, of uncertain origin. Cf. Shallop.] (Naut.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix. Sloop of war, formerly, a vessel of war rigged either as a ship, brig, or schooner, and mounting from ten to thirty-two guns; now, any war vessel larger than a gunboat, and carrying guns on one deck only.

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- May 2019. Fallows, Samuel (1885). Progressive Dictionary of the English Language. Progressive. p. 148. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sloops....
- two-masted sloop re-appeared in a new guise as the brig sloop, the successor to the former snow sloops. Brig sloops had two masts, while ship sloops continued...
- "Slooper" refers to the 52 Norwegians who traveled to the United States in 1825 aboard the sloop Restauration. Within the first 100 years, the Slooper...
- century, sloops were generally ketch-rigged bomb vessels or generally ship-rigged fireships. After the start of the Seven Years' War in 1756, most sloops were...
- century. Bermuda shipbuilders constructed sloops and other vessels, starting in the mid 17th century. Their sloops were gaff-rigged. The first triangular...
- when they went to work in the fish industry ons****, supplied by the sloops. The sloops were fishing cod, which was dried and salted, also known as klippfisk...
- are preserved through the Friendship Sloop Society. The society holds annual races in Maine. Friendship sloops typically have a clipper bow, a full keel...
- Echo-class ship sloop) – 1 brig-sloop, 1797. Busy (1797) Cruizer class (brig-rigged version of the Snake-class ship sloops) – 107 brig-sloops, 1797–1815 see...
- corvettes, sloops of that period were specialised convoy-defence vessels. Corvettes were based on a mercantile design with triple expansion engines, sloops were...
- two sloops from the Province of South Carolina led by William Rhett and a group of pirate ships under the command of Stede Bonnet. Rhett's sloops defeated...