A full rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with three or more masts, all of them square rigged. A full rigged ship is said to have a ship rig.
Sometimes such a vessel will merely be called a ship in 18th to early 19th century and earlier usage, to distinguish it from other vessels such as schooners, barques, barquentines, brigs, et cetera. Alternatively, a full rigged ship may be referred to by its function instead, as in collier...
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Full rigged ship
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Ships of this rig:
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Grand Turk
- Khersones
- Christian Radich
- Stad Amsterdam
- Fragata Libertad
- RV Oceania
- HMS Surprise
- USS Constellation
- USS Constitution
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