A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore- and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, bearing a square-rigged sail above.
Bark (sailing vessel)
Bark (norwegian bokmål), Bark (swedish)
Description
Sailing vessels of three or more masts, square-rigged on all but the aftermost mast, which is fore-and-aft-rigged.
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Label
Bark (sailing vessel)
English
Bark
Bark
Alternative label
Barkskepp
Swedish
Description
Sailing vessels of three or more masts, square-rigged on all but the aftermost mast, which is fore-and-aft-rigged.
English
Wikipedia (via Wikidata)
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Norwegian bokmål
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