Tartane

A 19th-century engraving of a tartane.
Diagram of a tartana, 1879

A tartane (also tartan, tartana) was a small ship used both as a fishing ship and for coastal trading in the Mediterranean. They were in use for over 300 years until the late 19th century. A tartane had a single mast on which was rigged a large lateen sail, and with a bowsprit and fore-sail. When the wind was aft a square sail was generally hoisted like a cross jack.

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  • Annandale, Charles (1889). The Imperial Dictionary, New Edition, Volume 4. London: Blackie & Son. p. 311.
  • Holland, Rupert Sargent (2004). Historic Ships. Kessinger Publishing. p. 382. ISBN 1-4179-4299-1.Google book search. Retrieved 2007-11-23
  • A Treatise on Insurances by Balthazard Marie Émérigon, Samuel Meredith, p330-331. Google book search.
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