HMS Shannon (1875)
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The eighth HMS Shannon was the first British armoured cruiser. She was the last Royal Navy ironclad to be built which had a propeller that could be hoisted out of the water to reduce drag when she was
HMS Shannon as she appeared after her 1881 refit.
Mast (sailing)
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The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected vertically or near-vertically on the median line of a ship or boat. A mast may carry sails, spars, and derricks. It may al
Three-masted training ship Mersey (c. 1908-1915)
Main topgallant mast
This photo of the full-rigged ship Balclutha, shows the fore-mast, main-mast and mizzen-mast, as well as all the ship's standing and running rigging.
Roman two-masted ship, its foremast showing a typically strong forward rake