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HERMAPHRODITE BRIG [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hermaphrodite brig : an item in the "Water Transportation Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

brick-goélette : objet de la classe «Équipement de transport maritime» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
  • Types of Ships and Boats
OBS

D. a two-masted vessel with square-rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged mainmast. [1--] O. the term "hermaphrodite brig" has been used by the leading American writers to describe this rig(...) although that term was not used in the official records. [KEMAR 61 688]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
  • Types de bateaux
OBS

D.navire à deux mâts, portant au mât de misaine des voiles carrées comme un brick, et au grand mât une voile aurique comme une goélette.

Spanish

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