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An 18th century British Royal Navy brigantine.
- "He is not present. If he were, I could tell you his name. I know only the ship he sails, when he sends me dead. A fine brigantine."
- ―Davy Jones to Don Rafael
A brigantine was a type of ship with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged. Originally the brigantine was a small ship carrying both oars and sails. It was a favorite of Mediterranean pirates and its name comes from the Italian word "brigantino", meaning "brigand", and applied by extension to his ship. By the 17th century, the term meant a two-masted ship. In the late 17th century, the British Royal Navy used the term brigantine to refer to small two-masted vessels designed to be rowed as well as sailed, rigged with square rigs on the front mast and fore-and-aft rigging on the mainmast.
By the first half of the 18th century, the word had evolved to refer not to a ship type name, but rather to a particular type of rigging: square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast.
Rigging[]
The foremast of a brigantine is square rigged, made to catch wind coming directly from behind. The foremast also runs jib and staysails to catch the wind when it is coming from the sides. The mainmast is fore-and-aft rigged, carrying a gaff sail or lateen sail to catch wind coming from the sides and for better maneuverability.
Notable brigantines[]
Behind the scenes[]
- Brigantines first appeared in the 2011 novel Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A. C. Crispin.[1]
- Brigantines appeared in Tim Powers' novel On Stranger Tides, which was used for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
- Terry Rossio's screenplay draft for Dead Men Tell No Tales featured a sunken brigantine called the Abyss. The grinning skeletal pirate hanging onto the ship's wheel was meant to be an homage to the ride, with the movement of the undersea tides causing him to sway back and forth.[2][3]
Appearances[]
- The Price of Freedom (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Isles of War
- Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life (Non-canonical appearance)
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Price of Freedom, Chapter Eight, The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
- ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES by Terry Rossio
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Men Tell No Tales - Annotations - Terry Rossio - 8/14/12 - Page 3