A xebec (/ ˈ z iː b ɛ k / or / z ɪ ˈ b ɛ k /), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast.

Jun 30, 2019 · The most common form of xebec produced was the traditional lateen-rigged xebec. It had three lateen-rigged masts, the fore sail sometimes being bigger than the main. The …

The types of sails used depended on the period of use. While traditionally the ships used lateen sails, later xebec designs included square sails on the foremast and lateen sails on the other, …

Feb 15, 2013 · The xebec (French chébec/chébeck) was a lightly-constructed vessel of the Mediterranean Sea that featured lateen sails as well as oars. Developed from the long, narrow …

Xebecs were ships similar to galleys primarily used by Barbary pirates, which have both lateen sails and oars for propulsion. Early xebecs had two masts while later ships had three.

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a large polacre-xebec carried a square rig on the foremast, lateen sails on the other masts, a bowsprit, and two headsails. The square sail …

Oct 28, 2012 · A few of the western nations tried square sails on the xebec’s mainmast and sometimes even the mizzenmast. The square-rigged mainmast would have topsails and even …

Xebec, a small three-masted vessel, navigate in the Mediterranean sea, and on the coasts of Spain, Portugal, and Barbary. See fig. 8. plate XII. The sails of the xebec are in general similar …

Dec 22, 2021 · By the 18th and early-19th centuries, a large xebec would have a square rig on the foremast, but lateen sails on the others. Xebecs were infamously used by corsairs (pirates) …

“XEBEC”, the name is derived from small three-mast Mediterranean vessel with lateen and usually some square sails of 16th Century which was used as a passenger as well as …