Barque A sailingvessel with three or more masts, fore-and-aft rigged on only the aftermost. | Barquentine A sailingvessel with three or more masts, square-rigged only on the foremast. |
Battleship A large,heavily-armoured and heavily-gunned warship. A term which generally post-datessailing warships. | Bireme An ancientvessel, propelled by two banks of oars. |
Brig Atwo-masted, square-rigged vessel. | Brigantine Atwo-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on themain.
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Caravel A muchsmaller, two, sometimes three-masted ship. | Clipper A fastmultiple-masted sailing ship, generally used by merchants because of theirspeed capablities. |
EastIndiaman An armedmerchantman belonging to one of the East Indiacompanies (Dutch, British etc.)
| Galleass A sailingand rowing warship, equally well suited to sailing and rowing. |
Longship A Vikingraiding ship | Paddle steamer Asteam-propelled, paddle-driven vessel, a name commonly applied to nineteenthcentury excursion steamers.
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Pre-dreadnought A type ofbattleship of the late 19th century to early 20th century, characterized byhaving a mixed offensive battery, in contrast to the "all-big-gun"Dreadnought type battleships.
| Quinquereme An ancientwarship propelled by three banks of oars. On the upper row three rowers holdone oar, on the middle row - two rowers, and on the lower row - one man to anoar. |
Schooner A fore andaft-rigged vessel with two or more masts of which the foremast is shorter thanthe main. | SmallWaterplane Area Twin Hull(SWATH) A modernship design used for Research Vessels and other purposes needing a steady shipin rough seas. |
Steamship A shippropelled by a steam engine. | Trireme An ancientwarship propelled by three banks of oars. |