Ship rig

A full rigged ship (a vessel with 3 or more masts, all square-rigged) is said to have a ship rig. Thus such a vessel is sometimes referred to as a ship, without regard to whether it fulfills other definitions of that word.

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Related rigs are brig (2 masts), barquentine (square-rigged on only the fore mast), and barque (square-rigged on all but the mizzen mast).

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Full rigged ship: A full rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a square rigged sailing vessel with three or more masts, all of them square rigged....

Square-rigged: Redirect Square rig...

Brig: In sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. In modern parlance, a brig is square rigged on both masts, and this is the standard name for such a vessel....

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