milagros317
Wielder of 500 Feathers
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2002
- Messages
- 661,200
- Points
- 113
I am well aware that the dreaded "X" post comes next. 😀
The term xebec (also variously spelled chebec, chebeck, jabeque, sciabecco, shebec, xebeque, and zebec) refers to a small, fast vessel of the 16th to 19th centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea. Early xebecs had two masts; later ones three. Xebecs featured a distinctive hull with pronounced overhanging bow and stern, and rarely displaced more than 200 tons, making them slightly smaller and with slightly fewer guns than frigates of the period
