Xebec
- Other Names: Jabeque, chebec
- Developed By: Unknown - somewhere in the Mediterannean
- Purpose: Warship, commerce raiding, piracy
- Period: 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries
- Rigging: Lateen rigging with the fore and mizzen masts being raked
to the bow and stern respectively.
- Size: Displaced 250 tons; 25 to 35 meters long; 1 to 2 meters in
depth; 7 to 10 meters wide.
- Crew: 200 to 450 sailors and soldiers; 2/3 were soldiers.
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