Tartane
{{Short description|Ship used for both fishing and trading}}
{{About|the ship type|the cloth type|Tartan}}
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.
References
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- {{cite book|author=Charles Annandale|title=The Imperial Dictionary|edition=new|location=London|publisher=Blackie & Son|year=1889|volume=4|page=311}}
- {{cite book|author=Rupert Sargent Holland|title=Historic Ships|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c1UbZ9ddkLQC&pg=PA382|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|date=2004|page=382|isbn=978-1-4179-4299-2}}
- {{cite book|author=Balthazard Marie Émérigon|author2=Samuel Meredith|title=A Treatise on Insurances|url=https://archive.org/details/atreatiseoninsu00meregoog/page/n399/mode/1up|pages=330–331}}
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Category:Merchant sailing ship types
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