Hallo and welcome to the active membership
The Randolph is sometimes shown with a Lateen-yard but not with a lateen sail
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but I am not a specialist for the navy....
The Randolph is sometimes shown with a Lateen-yard but not with a lateen sail
Miscellaneous Photo Index
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A Philatelic History of the Royal Navy Pt 2 – 1700-1788
Ships of the Line A Ship of the Line was a type of naval warship built from the 17th century through to the mid 19th century. These vessels where designed for the naval tactic of the line of battle…
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The change between latin and gaff spanker (or driver) on ships was progressive from the first half of the XVIII century.Hallo and welcome to the active membership
The Randolph is sometimes shown with a Lateen-yard but not with a lateen sail
Miscellaneous Photo Index
www.navsource.org
A Philatelic History of the Royal Navy Pt 2 – 1700-1788
Ships of the Line A Ship of the Line was a type of naval warship built from the 17th century through to the mid 19th century. These vessels where designed for the naval tactic of the line of battle…
but I am not a specialist for the navy....
We know for instance that the last third rate built in Malta still had a lateen spanker.
According to illustrations, the American frigates of the revolution period had the lateen yard with a sail reduced to the part abaft the mast. That is an arrangement that was common to improve handling of ships with the old arrangement.
Typical of this arrangement is that the spanker was still loose footed. In the philatelic collection, there is an illustration of the Randolph with a lateen yard and a boom. That is almost certainly a wrong illustration. The one above without the boom looks way more correct.
The sheet point of the lateen sail is inside the fantail, while that of the gaff sail would be on a boom sticking outside the ship's transom.
Funnily, as I was doing this research, I found two pictures of Hancock with not only a lateen driver, but an extra spanker on her flagstaff.
American ships are known to find and use little bit of help to add canvas as the weather on the US east coast is very fickle and calms can last long.
