Redonda (1400)


Material Propulsion Country Year Launched
Wood Wind, Sail Portugal 1400
Length (feet) Displacement (tons)
Unknown Unknown

Square-rigged three-masted caravels, adapting rectangular sails common in Northern European cogs and carracks; usually smaller and more maneuverable than carracks. Used by Portuguese in Atlantic coasting of West Africa.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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