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Brig
In nautical terms, a brig is a vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and maneuverable and were used as both naval war ships and merchant ships. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Brigs fell out of use with the arrival of...
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Pilgrim
The Pilgrim was a sailing brig (180 tons, 86.5 feet long) engaged in the California hide trade of the early 19th century. Although just one among many other ships engaged in the business, the Pilgrim was immortalized by one of her sailors, Richard...
Stavros S Niarchos
The Stavros S Niarchos is a British brig-rigged tall ship owned and operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust. She is primarily designed to provide young people with the opportunity to undertake voyages as character-building exercises, rather than pure...
Phoenix
The Phoenix was built by Hjorne & Jakobsen at Frederikshavn, Denmark in 1929 as an Evangelical Mission Schooner.
Twenty years later she retired from missionary work and carried cargo until her engine room was damaged by fire. In 1974 she was bought...
Lady Washington
Lady Washington is the name of two small wooden merchant sailing vessels, the original which sailed for about 10 years in the 18th century, and a somewhat updated modern replica created in 1989. The replica has appeared in numerous films and...
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Prince William
Prince William is one of two tall ships used by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (formerly the Sail Training Association). This British charity aims to promote self-confidence, responsibility, teamwork and similar qualities in young people through sailing...
US Brig Niagara
The modern U.S. Brig Niagara is a museum ship and sail training vessel located in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Erie Maritime Museum. The Niagara is a reconstruction of the first U.S. Brig Niagara, a brig which played a pivotal role in the Battle of...
TS Royalist
TS Royalist is a brig owned and operated as a sail training ship by the Sea Cadet Corps of the United Kingdom.
Royalist was designed by Colin Mudie RDI and launched in 1971 by HRH The Princess Anne. In 1992, Royalist was taken out of the water for a...
