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Royal Navy sloop

The Perseverance, a British Navy sloop anchored in the Port Royal harbor.

"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[src]

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[]

War sloop

The two-masted War sloop.

"There! It's just like sailing a Sloop, ye never forget how..."
Cursed Captain[src]

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[]

Ghost ship Spanish

The Spanish ghost sloop.

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