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Fifteenth-century Ship

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Fifteenth-century Ship.jpg The 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnailsThe 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnailsThe 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnailsThe 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnailsThe 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnails

(From a painting by Carpaccio)

Observe the capacious hull, the heavy mast, the way the sail is made fast in the middle as well as by the sheets at the corners, the crane for hoisting missiles to the top, and the darts ranged round it; also the way the main-yard is spliced in the middle.