barquentine
Sign in to saveA barquentine or schooner barque (alternatively "barkentine" or "schooner bark") is a sailing vessel with three or more masts; with a square rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged main, mizzen and any other masts.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.type
- Sailing rig
- Weapon.origin
- Northwest Europe and America
- Weapon.name
- Barquentine
- Weapon.image
- Belgian barquentine Mercator. Trinidad, c. 1960.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 200
- Weapon.caption
- Belgian barquentine Mercator
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Modern barquentine sailing rig
- Etymology
- Historic and modern examples
- Notes
- References
- External links
A barquentine or schooner barque (alternatively "barkentine" or "schooner bark") is a sailing vessel with three or more masts; with a square rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged main, mizzen and any other masts.
==Modern barquentine sailing rig== thumb|left|Barquentine sail-plan|sail plan