Notorious the Pirate Ship 8
by Blair Stuart
Title
Notorious the Pirate Ship 8
Artist
Blair Stuart
Medium
Photograph - Digital Images
Description
Notorious a replica 15th century Portuguese Caravelle. Given the vintage treatment in keeping with the era.
Due to its lighter weight and thus higher speed, the caravel was a boon to sailors. Early caravels generally carried two or three masts with lateen sails, while later types had four masts. Early caravels usually had an overall length of 15 to 30 m, displaced around 50 tons, a high length-to-beam ratio of around 3.5:1, and narrow ellipsoidal frame (unlike the circular frame of the nau), making them very fast and maneuverable but with somewhat low capacity. Towards the end of the 15th century, the caravel was occasionally modified by giving it the same rig as a carrack with a foresail, square mainsail and lateen mizzen, but not the carrack's high forecastle or much of a sternpalace, which would make it unweatherly. In this form it was sometimes known as caravela redonda (a bulging square sail is said to be round, redonda, in the Iberian tradition). It was in such ships that Christopher Columbus set out on his expedition in 1492; Santa Maria was a 600-800 ton carrack (same as: nau) which served as the flagship, and Pinta and Niña were smaller caravels of around 15-20 m with a beam of 6 m and displacing around 150 tons.
In the first half of the 16th century, the Portuguese created a specialized fighting ship also called caravela redonda to act as an escort in Brazil and in the East Indies route. It had a foremast with square sails and three other masts with a lateen each, for a total of 4 masts. The hull was galleon-shaped, and some experts consider this vessel a forerunner of the fighting galleon. The Portuguese Man o' War was named after this curious type of fighting ship which was in use until the 17th century.
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June 29th, 2012
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Comments (5)
Heidi Smith
Wow! How did I ever miss this one!? Great capture, Blair. f/v/g+1/su
Blair Stuart replied:
Cheers Heidi, your kind words are appreciated and valued as always. Thank you too for the f/v/g+1/su
Kaye Menner
Blair, this is one of my favorites of your series. I love your composition and perspective... and color tool V,F / G+
Blair Stuart replied:
Thank you Kaye, your comments and kind words are greatly appreciated and valued.... Cheers Blair
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