Pinke (ship type)
The Pinke , also the Pink , is a name for different types of sailing ships in the Baltic Sea , North Sea and the Mediterranean .
The name pink initially appears in the western Mediterranean in the 15th century. It features a three-masted coastal sailor that is similar to a caravel . It differs in the pointed foredeck, similar to a Schebeck . The rigging can change. There are known pure latin, pure yard and mixed rigging. In the latter case , the foremast carries a latin sail , the other masts square sails based on northern European models.
Pink is also known as a vessel used by Dutch coastal fishermen until the 18th century. These were pulled onto the beach and had a frame rigged mast.
Pink was also widespread in the second half of the 18th century, mainly in Gdansk , Königsberg , Memel and Pillau , with merchant ships with three frame-rigged masts and mainly in the Baltic Sea . The bottom of these vessels was flatter than that of the frigates , but sharper than that of the barges . The Pink had a thin, high stern and often a shallow rear .
literature
- Jan van Beylen: Schepen van de Nederlanden van de late middeleeuwen tot het einde van de 17e eeuw . Kampen & Zoon, Amsterdam 1970
- Davis J. Harbord: Seafaring A – Z. Franz Schneider Verlag, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-505-09664-4
- Alfred Dudszus, Ernest Henriot, Friedrich Krumrey: The great book of ship types . Hinstorff, Rostock 1983 (new edition without year, Pietsch Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-613-50313-1 )
- Wolfram Mondfeld: The Schebecke and other types of ships in the Mediterranean . Hinstorff, Rostock 1974