Brig

A Brigg (plural Briggs ) is a sailing ship with square sails zweimastiges at both poles. In addition, a fore- is ( still mostly a gaff sail ) down on the main mast, ie at this Takelungsart brig.

At the forward mast, the smaller foremast, until the mid 19th century three large square sail and staysail three were out on the rear mast, the main mast, two to three large square sail, two to three staysail and the brig (eg Lady Washington ). Originally led Briggs to the lower frame of the mainmast no sail. In later years, the two upper sails were again divided into upper and lower Mars and upper and Unterbram. The simplified operation of the sail in heavy weather and increased the number of yards per mast to five. The Oberbramsegel is also called today on many ships Royal. The older Briggtakelage resembles that of Schnau of the 18th century. However, this led her treeless gaff sail on a Schnaumast, one attached to the main mast pole.

Vessels of all different hull shape could be rigged as a brig to clipper -like of complete wooden Galioten Dutch type up, sharp hulls of wood, iron and steel of the 19th and 20th centuries. While most Briggs merchant ships, such as the Collier Brigg, were, there was also Kriegsbriggs, most of whom were armed with 10 to 18 guns. In the second half of the 19th century Marinebriggs served mainly as training ships. The Imperial German Navy had, for example, Briggs Musquito, Rover and Undine for the training of ship's boys.

There are still several ships of this Takelungsart, the Polish Fryderyk Chopin, the Dutch or the German Astrid Roald Amundsen. Under the flag of the United Kingdom, the Eye of the driving wind which was still running in 1911 as a merchant ship from the stack. The British Royalist continues the tradition of Briggs continued as training ships and is similar in size and external appearance of the ships of the 19th century. At the Swedish Gerda is, as in the front of the town hall in Papenburg lying in the main channel Brigg Friederike von Papenburg, merely modeled after the original plans replicas.

Pictures

Younger rigging with split Mars and Bramsegeln ( Astrid )

The modern Mercedes performs as a high brig sail.

The Eye of the Wind - of a brigantine brig for umgetakelt

The Roald Amundsen with reduced sail setting