MAKE A MEME View Large Image A naval snow.jpg en This ship portrait shows the vessel in two positions port-broadside and port-quarter in the distance She is called a snow rather than a brig because her gaff-sail is laced to a little jigger-mast which is stepped aft of ...
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Keywords: A naval snow.jpg en This ship portrait shows the vessel in two positions port-broadside and port-quarter in the distance She is called a snow rather than a brig because her gaff-sail is laced to a little jigger-mast which is stepped aft of the mainmast With her jack and commissioning pendant she is clearly naval presumably a transport or supply vessel bought or hired by the Navy but not a fighting ship The background appears to be Tilbury Fort opposite Gravesend in the Thames National Maritime Museum Greenwich London Creator Charles Brooking 1759 PD-old-100 Sailing ships of the United Kingdom Charles Brooking
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