Category
page 1Trawlers
fishing trawler
commercial fishing vessel designed to operate fishing trawls
naval trawler
vessel built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes
Brixham trawler
type of wooden deep-sea fishing trawler
German weather ship Lauenburg
ship
muletta
thumb|Muletta
A muletta is a variety of Portuguese fishing trawler, a sailing ship used to catch fish by means of large nets. They are between long, with an average of about , and are crewed by between 10 and 18 sailors. Its carvel-built hull, sail plan, and rigging are unusual for a sailing vessel: the hull is slightly concave along the keel, allowing the ship to be beached upright and giving it a greater draught when tipped ("heeled") than when upright, the bows are nearly always painted with large eyes (a holdover from the Ancient Greek practice of doing so), and it has a series of small sp