Talk:HMS Reindeer (1804)

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I have amended the first paragraph which erroneously stated that "most sloops were ship-rigged". Thus statement was untrue, there being more brig-rigged sloops than ship-rigged sloops during this era. I have the impression that the author believed that the term "sloop-of-war" referred ONLY to ship-rigged vessels. In fact, a sloop could have either two masts (brig or snow rigged, or even ketch-rigged), three masts (ship rigged) or occasionally just a single mast (which generally meant cutter-rigged). Rif Winfield (talk) 22:21, 24 March 2008 (UTC)