> KarenHob@aol.com wrote: > Types of ships include: > Bark — A ship of three to five masts with the after mast fore-and- > aft rigged. > Brig — A two-masted square-rigged sailing ship. > Galliot — A small galley propelled by sails and oars. > Ketch — A large fore-and-aft rigged boat with two masts. > Schooner — A fore-and-aft rigged sailing ship. > Steamboat — A boat driven by steam. > For more exactitude, Schooner — A fore-and-aft rigged two-masted sailing ship, of which the aft mast is the larger. Ketch — A fore-and-aft rigged two-masted sailing ship, of which the foremast is the larger. Bark — A ship of three to five masts with AT LEAST the after mast fore-and-aft rigged. (All masts could be fore-and-aft rigged.) Confusingly, a bark can also be a two-masted square-rigged ship. Also, a hermaphrodite brig is a two-masted square-rigged ship with both a squaresail topsail and a fore-and-aft mainsail on the aft mast. Nautical parlance can be confusing even to sailors! Dan Killoran