- A ****ca (or
****re) is a type of seventeenth- to nineteenth-century
sailing vessel,
similar to the xebec. The name is the
feminine of "Polish" in the...
- burthen, 24 guns In the
eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries, a
large ****re-xebec
carried a
square rig on the foremast,
lateen sails on the
other masts...
-
Tripolitan ****re along with nine gunboats.
After fighting a
sharp action for
forty five
minutes the
gunboats veered off and the
****re was abandoned...
- chaloupes-canonnières 2
felouques canonnières 1
schooner 9
pinques 82
****res 11 trois-mats à
hunes (three-masters) de Vigny, Alfred. "La
Fregate 'La...
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captured French schooner "Brilliant Jeunesse". On 21 June she
captured ****re "Emmanuel". The next day she
recaptured schooner "Jolly Robbins" and about...
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captured the
first eight at St Remo:
****re ship St. Giovanni,
which was
sailing in
ballast from St Remo;
****re brig Achille,
which was
sailing from...
- ****cas
carried a
settee sail,
giving rise to the ****ca-settee (or
****re-settee).
Between the 1880s and the 1960s, Gozo
boats had a
settee rig....
- the mizzenmast. ****ca-settee A three-masted ****ca.
****re Another name for a ****ca.
****re-xebec A type of
xebec with a
square rig on her foremast...
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Adams and USS
Enterprise defeated nine
enemy gunboats and a
****re near Tripoli. The
****re was sunk and the
gunboats forced to flee, the
Americans suffered...
- snow, and yawl. Three-masted
vessels include the barque, barquentine,
****re and full-rigged ship.
Luggers could have one or two
masts and schooners...
