Quoting morthen poulsen
okay, but, what is the name of the type og ships you and i mainly build, you know, with a cabin on the top deck and 2 or 3 mast'st, and alot of cannons?
frigate or ?
Well, the cabin on the top deck implies "carrack" or a type of "galleon"
But there's also the sailplan to be considered.
a Frigate has only one cannon deck and is buit for speed so it has no cabin on top and no forecastle.
Have you ever heard the saying:
"A frigate can outrun what she can't outgun"
Now, your Mermaids Trident is a ship I can't really situate, it's either a galleon or a small class ship of the line. Either way it's missing a mast to qualify,
A galleon should have a third lateen rigged mast and a slower class ship of the line should have either a brig-sail attached to the main mast or a lateen rigged mast.
It comes closest to a lower class ship of the line as it lacks a forecastle. However those ships rarely had only 2 masts, rather 3 or 4 even.
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