Arafed sailboat sailing in the ocean at sunset

sloop. Artillery weapons - from one and a half to three dozen guns. The guns were usually located (just like on a corvette) on the upper deck. And the tasks of the sloops were similar to those, what about corvettes: messenger, intelligence, sentinel service. Differing from each other in size and power of artillery weapons, battleships, frigates, corvettes and sloops were of the same type in terms of sailing. They all carried full sail rigs. That's what they say about ships, which have at least three masts and all masts have straight sails (excluding, Certainly, gaff sail, mizzen or counter-mizzen, which is vital for maneuvering).