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The '''carrack''' was a large trading and fighting vessel of the [[Mediterranean]] from the 14th to the 17th centuries. It started as a two-master with one large'''square-rigged''' sail on each, but by the early 16th century topsails were being used and by the end of that century four masts were common. Its hull was [[carvel]]-built but it was larger than the [[caravel]]. It was the ship of choice for the [[Portuguese]] transportation of troops and supplies to [[Brazil]] and [[India]] during the 16th century.

The '''carrack''' was a large trading and fighting vessel of the [[Mediterranean]] from the 14th to the 17th centuries. It started as a two-master with one large'''square-rigged''' sail on each, but by the early 16th century topsails were being used and by the end of that century four masts were common. Its hull was [[carvel]]-built but it was larger than the [[caravel]]. It was the ship of choice for the [[Portuguese]] transportation of troops and supplies to [[Brazil]] and [[India]] during the 16th century.

In about 1450 a Portuguese ship-builder wrote that he considered there was very little difference between the ''nave'', the ''[[nao]]'' the ''[[carrack]]'' and the [[German]] ''[[hulk]]''. It is likely that it is the origin of all the three-masted sailing ships that would dominate trade and war until the advent of steam-power.

In about 1450 a Portuguese ship-builder wrote that he considered there was very little difference between the ''nave'', the ''[[nao]]'' the ''carrack'' and the [[German]] ''[[hulk]]''. It is likely that it is the origin of all the three-masted sailing ships that would dominate trade and war until the advent of steam-power.

Reference:  "The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea."

Reference:  "The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea."

[[Category: Sailing ship types]]

[[Category:Sailing ship types]]