Know the Ropes Rigsing- the a rra ngeme nts ot sails a nd lines-varies o n dittere nt s hips, de pe nding o n the purpose tor which the s hip is designed . The V/ctor::;, pe rha ps Ne lson's most fa mo us s hip, was a tu ll ri~ed s hip ot t he line, or battle s hip. O the r sailing ships since Nelson's t ime have been rigsea to serve as cargo s hips a nd Bs hing s hips. Some ships have been used tor mu ltiple purposes. There a re two gene ra l catego ries o t s hip rigsing, sgua re rigsed a nd to re a nd aft rigsed . O n to re and aft rigsed s hips, the sails run pa ra llel with the cente r o t the s hip t ram bow to ste rn . s hips with s9ua re rigsing ca rr~ sails that run pe rpe ndicula r, o r athwa rt.
Below are some ship rigging designs that were common in the century that followed Nelson's death. Unscramble the letters and write the name of each type of rigging.
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deg rig
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_o_o _o_o __ rufo
tadmes
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scerhoon
rigb
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~ Write the circled letters in sequence to find the
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name of Admiral Nelson's daughter.
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Credit: Rig silhouettes by Graham McBride, Courtesy Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia . Silhouettes taken from the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's lnfoSheet 'Sailing Ship Rigs": http://museum .gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/rigs.html