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شباك (سفينة)
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شباك (سفينة)

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Also known as zebec, chebeck

A xebec ( or ), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that originated in the barbary states (Algeria). It was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The term can also refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea.

Key facts

Weapon.name
Xebec
Weapon.origin
Algeria
Weapon.image
Lateen rigging fig 6.png
Weapon.image_size
300
Weapon.caption
A xebec with three lateens and oars
Weapon.type
Sailing vessel
Weapon.used_by
Algiers Tunis Tripolitania Ottoman Empire MoroccoSometimes used in Europe
Weapon.service
16th to mid-19th century
Weapon.primary_armament
Cannons
Weapon.crew
90 to 400
Weapon.weight
100–200 tons, in some cases up to 600 t

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
sailing ship
Image
Chebec espagnol en 1826.jpg
Has use
privateer
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Commons category
Xebecs
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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