A traditional sailing rig needs a mast, which requires either significant structural modifications - or building an entirely new ship.

They usually carried a sailing rig which could be set up when needed, in the right conditions.

They were given a full sailing rig to allow for deployments to the Mediterranean and other distant locations although it was never actually used.

"The fate for a lot of these boats was to have their sailing rig removed and have a power motor put in them," he said.

What would he think if he could see it with a sailing rig on a trans-Atlantic crossing nearly 50 years later?

The two boats, each 60 feet long, will carry different sailing rigs.

In 1870, the ship had her sailing rig removed.

She is the last bugeye retaining the sailing rig and working appearance of the type.

Each of the traditional sailing rigs can be achieved using the modern junk sail.

Morris states that Warspite had her sailing rig removed while building.