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- "I'd been studyin' him through me spyglass, and I had me suspicions. The ship was a sloop, Bermuda rigged, common vessel, especially in these parts."
- ―Hector Barbossa to pirates at Shipwreck Cove
A sloop was a fore-and-aft rigged ship type, normally with only one mast. Larger square rigged sloops with two masts were known as brigs or brig-sloops, while sloop-of-war was a name given to square rigged three masted ships with under 24 cannons. A war sloop was a name given to a two masted fore-and-aft rigged sloop.
History[]
- "There! It's just like sailing a Sloop, ye never forget how..."
- ―Cursed Captain
Sloops were used as merchantmen, and were also the most common type of pirate ship. They were fast and agile and required a very small minimal crew, ranging from one to 120 men. Pirate sloops normally carried 60 to 80 crewmen and up to 16 cannons on one deck on the sides. The British Royal Navy sloops had a comparable crew and artillery, but merchant ships had much smaller crews.[citation needed]
Most single masted sloops had their mast placed one third down the ship from the front, and had one headsail (front sail). Sloops with their masts directly in the center of the vessel and with multiple headsails were known as cutters.[citation needed]
The Cobra, a schooner owned by Captain Hector Barbossa, was attacked by the Koldunya, a sloop captained by Boris "Borya" Palachnik.[1] By the time Lord Cutler Beckett arrived to Port Royal, a British Royal Navy sloop, the Perseverance, was anchored in the harbor.[2]
Rigging[]
Single masted sloops were usually gaff or fore-and-aft rigged, meaning that they had a gaff sail stretching from the mast to the back, and one or two jib sails or genoa sails. This rig allows a sloop extreme maneuverability, and allows the craft to sail very well at beam reach or beside the wind, meaning that the wind is coming directly from starboard or port side of the vessel. Square topsails or other sails are optional for better running (sailing with the wind coming from your back). War sloops are very similar, but with a second mast behind the main carrying a lateen sail.[citation needed]
Sloops-of-War are completely square rigged, with one gaff-sail and a couple of jibs besides. [citation needed]
Notable sloops[]
- Jack Sparrow's sloop[citation needed]
- Albion[citation needed]
- Adventure[citation needed]
- Barracuda[3]
- Bloodhound[3]
- Dying Gull[citation needed]
- Grim Reaper[3]
- Corsair[3]
- Ferret[3]
- French Blood Scourge[3]
- French Cerberus[3]
- French Shadow Crow[3]
- Gretchen[3]
- Greyhound[3]
- Kingfisher[3]
- Koldunya[1]
- Perseverance[2][4]
- Predator[3]
- Sea Viper[3]
- Spanish Blood Scourge[3]
- Spanish Cerberus[3]
- Spanish Shadow Crow[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- Sloops first appeared and identified by name in the 2003 video game Pirates of the Caribbean.[citation needed]
- The Providence, a 110-foot topsail fighting sloop, a replica of Rhode Island's first naval vessel, USS Providence, appeared in the back-to-back production of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End. In Dead Man's Chest, the Providence was seen as the Perseverance.[2][4]
- In Pirates of the Caribbean Online, the sloop is one of the four ship classes. A "war sloop" is a name given to a two masted fore-and-aft rigged sloop.[citation needed]
Appearances[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean (2003 video game) (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Call of the Kraken
- Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze
- The Price of Freedom
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (video game)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Isles of War
- Smoke on the Water
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life (Non-canonical appearance)
External links[]
- Sloop on Wikipedia
- Sloop-of-war on Wikipedia