Posted by Alex Forbes on May 22, 2007 at 03:15:42 from 4.242.120.138 user Pitsligo.
In Reply to: Re: barques, ships, steel & iron ships posted by John Wilson on May 22, 2007 at 01:23:53:
Bald-headed barque: bald-headed means she carried only topgallants, no royals; though as I recall, Pommern carried split topsails and topgallants. Barque refers to her rig, rather than her (coloquially speaking) ship-ness, and means she stepped at least three masts, all but the aft-most mast being square-rigged, the last mast being fore-and-aft rigged. A ship rig would be at least three masts, all square-rigged.
Alex