Bagalla
A Bagalla , also Baggalat (French Boutre , Arabic بغلة baghlah ), is a one-and-a-half- masted , Arabic sailing ship , with Latin sails on the main mast and on the small mizzen mast and a water displacement between 100 and 400 tons. It was built from the end of the 16th to the end of the 19th century and still carries goods and passengers from the western shores of India to the east coast of Africa.
The hull with a low side height was characterized by round frame shapes and a steeply inclined stem, the length of which was up to a third of the length of the ship. The rear superstructures were equipped with five windows, galleries and balconies, as well as decorated with carvings and colorful painting. The poop deck is reminiscent of European galleons . On pirate and warships , the bulwark was interrupted by gun ports behind which carronades were placed on deck. A second row of gun ports was often marked on the sides of the ship. The ship's crew made up 18 to 25 seafarers.
Similar Arab ships, but of different sizes, were the Sambuke , Pattamar and Ghanja .
See also
Web links
- Dau on line-of-battle.de
- Archaeological Institute of America Article on Dautypes (en.)
- History and construction of a dhow
literature
- Erno Wiebeck: Indian Boats and Ships. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock, 1987 ISBN 3-356-00084-5 .
- Henriot Dudszus, ea: The great book of ship types. Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1988.