Lady Washington
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Lady Washington is a ship name shared by at least four vessels. The original sailed during the American Revolutionary War and harassed British shipping. Another vessel was used as a merchant trading v
Lady Washington on Commencement Bay
Lady Washington at Port of Edmonds
Lady Washington on Morro Bay in California
Brig
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A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel
Lady Washington
…to Macau to sell his cargo of furs. While there, Kendrick used proceeds from the fur sales to refit the Lady Washington as a two-masted, square-rigged brig (or brigantine). In 1791 he sailed her back to Vancouver Island. John Meares claimed that she was the first non-native vessel to circumnavigate Vancouver…
The South Shields collier brig Mary, painted by John Scott in 1855, showing two views of the same vessel. A Bentinck boom is fitted to the foot of the fore-course as a labour saving device when tacking.
A small trading brig entering the Bristol Avon, painted by Joseph Walter
The snow brig Niagara
Rimac, a brig built by Brocklebank in Whitehaven in 1834 for trade between Peru and Liverpool