Pirate Ships | Sloop - History Archive
WEBA sloop typically has two sails, a mainsail and a headsail (known as either a jib or a genoa, depending on size), while the cutter has a mainsail and two or more headsails. Next in complexity are the ketch, the yawl and the schooner, each of which has two masts and a minimum of three sails.
Pirate Ships | Sloop-of-War - History Archive
WEBIn the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels, including the very small gun-brigs and cutters.
Bermuda Sloops in the Golden Age of Piracy - Blood & Pigment
WEBOct 18, 2020 — The Bermuda Sloop could make lengthy voyages across the open seas between the Caribbean and the North American coast (or farther afield) fairly swiftly, allowing the Pirate to disappear and move to new hunting grounds if necessary.
Pirate Ship Sloop - The Way of the Pirates
WEBDespite it was a small ship, a sloop was certainly the most popular ship among the pirates. That's because they were fast (11 knots), highly maneuverable, and have a shallow hull. The sloops easily sailed over shoals. They were fast even without the wind because of a few pair of oars.
Sloop-of-war - Wikipedia
WEBDuring the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the British Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all unrated warships, including gun-brigs and cutters.
Battle of Cape Fear River (1718) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Battle of Cape Fear River, also known as the Battle of the Sandbars, was fought in September 1718 between two sloops from the Province of South Carolina led by William Rhett and a group of pirate ships under the command of Stede Bonnet.
About Pirate Ships: Ship Layouts and Sizes, Merchant Sloop
WEBSep 4, 2022 — An overview article of sorts on how to turn a Caribbean merchant sloop into a pirate sloop. Pirate ship layouts, size and other information are presented here.
The Last Days of Blackbeard | Smithsonian
WEBBlackbeard first appears in the historical record in early December 1716, when he was Hornigold’s lieutenant and in charge of his own eight-gun, 90-man pirate sloop.
Merchant Ships: Sloop, Barques, Barquentine, Brig ... - Hegewisch
WEBSep 4, 2022 — Sloops are single masted sailing vessels rigged fore and aft with a main sail and a jib. Among all ships, the light and agile sloop was the favorite of the pirates. It's design allowed a pirate to get into trouble as quickly as it got into it. Furthermore the ship, could be operated with a much smaller crew.
Bermuda sloop - Wikipedia
WEBThe Bermuda sloop is a historical type of fore-and-aft rigged single-masted sailing vessel developed on the islands of Bermuda in the 17th century. Such vessels originally had gaff rigs with quadrilateral sails, but evolved to use the Bermuda rig with triangular sails.