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AlanE: New page: The ketch was developed in England and North America during the 17th century as a small coastal trading vessel with a capacity of about 50 tons. Whilst the sails are essentially th...

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New page: The ketch was developed in England and North America during the 17th century as a small coastal trading vessel with a capacity of about 50 tons. Whilst the sails are essentially th...

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The ketch was developed in [[England]] and [[North America]] during the 17th century as a small coastal trading vessel with a capacity of about 50 tons. Whilst the sails are essentially the same pattern as the [[brigantine]] – two masts, square-rigged on the fore and [[gaff-rig]]ged with square-rigged topsails on the aft – there is a notable difference in that the fore-mast is the taller of the two.

Many ketch-rigged yachts of today use [[Bermudian]]-rig instead of gaff-rig on the mizzen (aft) mast.

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 :A nineteenth century working ketch, the "May Queen", is semi-permanently moored at Constitution Dock in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]] as part of the [[Tasmania]]n Maritime Museum. The photographs on the link below include a ketch in full flight.
-http://www.maritimetas.org/collection-displays/may-queen/may-queens-working-life
 *Terms in '''Bold''' - see [[Sailing ship types: Glossary]]

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 Many ketch-rigged yachts of today use [[Bermudian]]-rig instead of gaff-rig on the '''mizzen'''  mast.
-:A nineteenth century working ketch, the "May Queen", is semi-permanently moored at Constitution Dock in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]] as part of the [[Tasmania]]n Maritime Museum. The photographs on the link below show a ketch in full flight.
+:A nineteenth century working ketch, the "May Queen", is semi-permanently moored at Constitution Dock in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]] as part of the [[Tasmania]]n Maritime Museum. The photographs on the link below include a ketch in full flight.
 http://www.maritimetas.org/collection-displays/may-queen/may-queens-working-life

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 The '''ketch''' was developed in [[England]] and [[North America]] during the 17th century as a small coastal trading vessel with a capacity of about 50 tons. Whilst the sails were essentially the same pattern as the [[brigantine]] – two masts, '''square-rigged''' on the fore and '''gaff-rigged''' with square-rigged topsails on the '''aft''' – there was a notable difference in that the fore-mast,  which was set further aft than on most two masted vessels of the day, was the taller of the two.
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 After the development of exploding shells and revolving gun turrets made its war use obsolete it reverted to coastal trade and mail delivery and, during the course of the late nineteenth century, the rigging became all fore-and–aft.
 Many ketch-rigged yachts of today use [[Bermudian]]-rig instead of gaff-rig on the '''mizzen'''  mast.
 *Terms in '''Bold''' - see [[Sailing ship types: Glossary]]
 [[Category: Sailing ship types]]

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	The '''ketch''' was developed in [[England]] and [[North America]] during the 17th century as a small coastal trading vessel with a capacity of about 50 tons. Whilst the sails were essentially the same pattern as the [[brigantine]] – two masts, '''square-rigged''' on the fore and '''gaff-rigged''' with square-rigged topsails on the '''aft''' – there was a notable difference in that the fore-mast, which was set further aft than on most two masted vessels of the day, was the taller of the two.		The '''ketch''' was developed in [[England]] and [[North America]] during the 17th century as a small coastal trading vessel with a capacity of about 50 tons. Whilst the sails were essentially the same pattern as the [[brigantine]] – two masts, '''square-rigged''' on the fore and '''gaff-rigged''' with square-rigged topsails on the '''aft''' – there was a notable difference in that the fore-mast, which was set further aft than on most two masted vessels of the day, was the taller of the two.

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−	The ketch was developed in [[England]] and [[North America]] during the 17th century as a small coastal trading vessel with a capacity of about 50 tons. Whilst the sails ~~are~~ essentially the same pattern as the [[brigantine]] – two masts, square-rigged on the fore and [[gaff-~~rig]]ged~~ with square-rigged topsails on the aft – there is a notable difference in that the fore-mast is the taller of the two.	+	The '''ketch''' was developed in [[England]] and [[North America]] during the 17th century as a small coastal trading vessel with a capacity of about 50 tons. Whilst the sails were essentially the same pattern as the [[brigantine]] – two masts, '''square-rigged''' on the fore and '''gaff-rigged''' with square-rigged topsails on the '''aft''' – there was a notable difference in that the fore-mast, which was set further aft than on most two masted vessels of the day, was the taller of the two.
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		+	The type had a career during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as bomb vessels – the relatively uncluttered space between '''bow''' and foremast used to set up one or two mortars or howitzers to lob explosives into shore fortifications. Extensions to this space gave the craft more speed and stability and the extra reinforcement to the bow area designed to take the recoil of the weapons, gave the vessel another use - [[Arctic]] exploration.
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		+	After the development of exploding shells and revolving gun turrets made its war use obsolete it reverted to coastal trade and mail delivery and, during the course of the late nineteenth century, the rigging became all fore-and–aft.
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		+	Many ketch-rigged yachts of today use [[Bermudian]]-rig instead of gaff-rig on the '''mizzen''' mast.
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		+	*Terms in '''Bold''' - see [[Sailing ship types: Glossary]]

−	~~Many ketch-rigged yachts of today use [[Bermudian]]-rig instead of gaff-rig on the mizzen (aft) mast.~~

	[[Category: Sailing ship types]]		[[Category: Sailing ship types]]