Mademoiselle Tartane

[rupertlittlebear]

Sid Meier's Pirates! Live the Life likes to call a Tartane by the game name of War Canoe.

Here is a real model of a 18th century French Tartane.
Older information is harder to get, seems that the Tartane was a very common European vessel that nobody thought anything about.

<img src="http://www.modelships.de/Tartane_I/kwPICT2425.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

From this web site.
<a href="http://www.modelships.de/Tartane_I/Ship_model_Tartane_I.htm" target="_blank">http://www.modelships.de/Tartane_I/Ship_model_Tartane_I.htm</a>

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

Ahhh, she's a beauty! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="me.gif" />

 

[CapitainDams]

Nice ship, mate!

 

[Wolfwood]

How many men would you need in a crew to sail such a thing? I feel this urge inside me, calling me out to the sea in something like that...

 

[rupertlittlebear]

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And ready to challenge a Ship of the Line.

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

She doesn't have but a couple of cannon ports, I can't imagine you'd need a large crew to handle her... Interesting topgallant rig...

 

[HenryMainwaring]

Approx. How big were these ships

 

[Oldtimer]

Hi all,

tartanas were very small ships, used for fishing(these were often not fully decked), smuggling, trade, piracy, privateering, coast guard duties, recce, liaison, you name it.

It was a very succesful design, incredibly manouverable, tough and seaworthy for it`s size. Quite fast also. Mostly used in the Mediterranean.

In af Chapmans "Architectura Navalis Mercatoria" there are some drawings and a very brief description of tartanas.

One of my favourite ships it is.

Regards, Oldtimer

 

[Corrington]

i can say that loks quite good but that top-gallant...maybe would be better if was in 1 piece...it looks so strange probably because is small vessel and that 2 tiny sails are weird to me <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" /> ...