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They then commissioned two newbarquerigged sealers.
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By 1890 the newly launched large sailing ships gradually changed in rigging frombarqueto schooner.
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Where have all thebarquerigged sealers gone?
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This will result in a three-master of about 35.40 m long by 7.50 m and rigged as abarque.
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She wasbarque-rigged, had two decks, was iron-bolted, and had no engine until 1872.
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The ship owners who had invested money in this fleet were often the same who had owned the unprofitablebarquerigged sealers.
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The owners of the fleet of strongly builtbarquerigged ice-sheeted sealers were facing a serious problem.
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Some of the barques became involved in the whaling trade but never as whalers themselves because they were not as manoeuvrable as the steam whalers.
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These 40 year old barques were probably purchased quite cheaply.
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The fact that half the fleet sailed in icy waters for more than 40 years explains the numbers ofbarquerigged sealers at the turn of the century.
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From a fleet of 26 barques, twenty became famous, often under other names and in other countries, and they made a substantial contribution to the exploration of the polar regions.
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Were some of the barques involved in illegal sealing?
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The sealing barques were very strongly built.
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Surely, a four-mastedbarquemust be something worthy of seeing for a naval nation.
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In addition to the steam-driven propeller, the vessel was alsobarquerigged.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The middle register begins with the solarbarqueagain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the other hand this was the time when big barques of steel were built.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The armoured frigates werebarque-rigged and had a sail area of 24500sqft sqm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the 19th century there were three shipyards here, building sailing ships, brigs, barques, schooners, etc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Under good conditions, the hugebarquecould reach a speed of 19 kn.
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