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Though galleys were out of favour by the Age of Sail, they were still used. Galleys are very low, long, and slender ships that use...

Though galleys were out of favour by the Age of Sail, they were still used. Galleys are very low, long, and slender ships that use...

East Indiamen or, more commonly, just 'Indiamen' is a broad name for a category of ships that sailed under the licence or charter of the...

A huge 130-gun first rate ship-of-the-line, possibly based on the designs of the Spanish Santisima Trinidad. Contains 1 resin & metal vessel plus game aids....

Filled with gunpowder and other combustible materials, Fire Ships were deliberately set ablaze and sent towards the enemy battleline where they would explode or set...

A Xebec is a two- or three-masted vessel usually found in the Mediterranean that was used mostly for trading. It had a long overhanging bowsprit,...

A Xebec is a two- or three-masted vessel usually found in the Mediterranean that was used mostly for trading. It had a long overhanging bowsprit,...

A bomb ketch’s primary armament was not cannon or carronade, but a mortar mounted near the bow elevated at a high angle, that employed explosive...

Sloops are tiny vessels (although larger sloops existed) usually with only one mast and a gaff rigged aft (behind the mast) sail rigged fore and...

Within the Royal Navy system of rating the ships of a fleet were designated based on the number of guns they carried. A 2nd rate...

Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships that fell out of favour as naval-war vessels as that role was supplanted by purpose-built ships-of-the-line during the latter...

A 2nd rate ship-of-the-line built on the Black Sea and became part of the Black Sea fleet. She also saw action in the Mediterranean, where...

A 74-gun ship-of-the-line armed with 24-pdrs and 36-pdrs. This ship was at the centre of the fight in the Battle of Navarino in 1827. She...

As the smaller ships-of-the-line became less useful in fleet actions due the increasing size and armaments of the larger ships many of them were 'razeed'....

Black Seas focuses on the golden age of sail, which encompasses the period between 1770 and 1830. During this period the navies of Europe and...