Full-rigged ship

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The Queen Anne's Revenge was described as a fully-rigged battleship.

A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship was a sailing ship with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. Such a vessel is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged, with each mast stepped in three segments: lower, top, and topgallant.

History

During the Age of Piracy, many ships and sailing vessels were built as full-rigged ships. They include the Flying Dutchman, a legendary ghost ship that ferried souls who died at sea to the worlds beyond that eventually became a cursed ghost ship under the command of Davy Jones, When Jack Sparrow was the first mate of the East India Trading Company merchant vessel Fair Wind, he saw a full-rigged ship from his past, the pirate frigate, Venganza, captained by the infamous lady pirate Esmeralda. The first time Jack had seen the Wicked Wench, an EITC merchant vessel which later became the pirate vessel Black Pearl, she was tied up at the EITC dock in Calabar, and he had seen beyond her down-at-heels appearance, the glory and grandeur of a full-rigged ship. The merchant vessel Wicked Wench eventually became the pirate ship Black Pearl, eventually becoming one of the most legendary square-riggers that sailed the seas. By the quest for the Fountain of Youth, the secret files of British Prime Minister Henry Pelham revealed Blackbeard's frigate, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was a fully rigged battleship.

Behind the scenes

Full-rigged ships appear throughout Pirates of the Caribbean media, including the movie franchise. By 2011, the term was first used as "Fully Rigged Battleship" in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide, with "full-rigged ships" later used in The Price of Freedom.

Appearances

• The Price of Freedom (First identified as full-rigged ship)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide (First identified as Fully Rigged Battleship)

External links

• Full-rigged ship on Wikipedia