Brigantine

A brigantine is a sailing vessel with two masts, with the foremast its front, the rear will be denoted by the mainmast. At the foremast carries a brigantine square sail; the mainmast leads them partially or exclusively fore-.

The Brigantine is therefore a hybrid of a brig and schooner; they can by their square sails wind from behind ( raumen wind) better exploit as a schooner; also they can sail above by their fore- to the wind as a brig, which means that they can do better " diagonally against the wind " sail.

Subtypes of Brigantine

Depending on the rigging various types of sailing ships are distinguished, which are now referred to collectively as the Brigantine.

Brigantine or Halbbrigg

The schooner, also called Halbbrigg, leads the mainmast fore- only; which can be either a gaff sail with, if appropriate, set, topsail, or a triangular Bermuda sail.

As Schonerbriggs rigged, bulbous cargo sailing ship already existed in 17th century Holland. Until the mid-19th century numerous Schonerbriggs were built with 100 to 300 GRT in Europe and North America. A modern representative of this type of ship is built during the GDR era German schooner Griffin (formerly Wilhelm Pieck ) or the built in Rhodes 1968 German schooner Falado of Rhodes.

Brigantine or Dreiviertelbrigg

The most simply as Brigantine designated type results on the main mast, a gaff sail and about other square sails.

Grippa or Grippo

The as Grippa ( or Italian Grippo, French Gripe ) referenced ship type of the 15th and 16th century, is often described only as a kind of Brigantine.

After Dudszus these vessels were about 17 m long and up to four feet wide, and were used for fishing and transportation of loads in the northern Mediterranean, also armed to some extent. From originally from Venice Ship Type the Grippa may grip the Paria was derived, which was still less than a Fusta.

Earlier meaning of the word

Originally a smaller sail warship was called under a brigantine, which could be rowed. The sails consisted of lateen sails. Bow and stern were compared to the galleys increased so that this type of ship had an advantage in the defense and at the same time was seaworthy. This guy was particularly widespread in the 16th century in the Mediterranean.

End of the 17th century, the name in north-west Europe was transferred to two-masted, square rigged sailing ships. Since the 19th century, the modern meaning of the word Brigantine arose.