Tartans

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Tartans in the harbor at Toulon, 19th century

The tartan was one of the most common types of sailing ships in the Mediterranean and Arabia . The term tartane was taken from the Arabic-speaking area by the Italians and means small boat . The type of ship was used for the transport of cargo and for fishing from the 17th to the end of the 19th century. Tartans were also used in the Mediterranean navies and as pirates.

Tartans initially carried two masts, later only one. They are relatively wide in relation to their length. The ship type with its far forward stretched fore section and the ram-like bowsprit is very similar to the Schebeck . At the stern, the freely covered stern is noticeable. Tartans are smaller than Polacker . There are also great similarities with the Pinke , which has a transom, and the Barca of the Mediterranean region.

Web links

  • Digitized from Furttenbach: Architectura Navalis. paragraph Tartane
  • Tartane model (approx. 1740) in the construction stages of a private website

literature

  • Dudszus, Alfred; Henriot, Ernest; Krumrey, Friedrich: The big book of ship types . Rostock, Hinstorff, 1983
  • Moon field, tungsten: the Schebecke and other types of ships in the Mediterranean . Rostock, Hinstorff, 1974
  • Furttenbach, Joseph : Architectura Navalis; that is: to use from the shipbuilding on the sea and sea coasts . Ulm, Sauer, 1629