How many masts does a 'Sloop' have?
Sloop a single sail, the sloop rig is one of the simpler sailing rig configurations. A sloop typically has two sails, a mainsail and a headsail (known as either a jib or a genoa, depending on size), while the cutter has a mainsail and two or more headsails. Next in complexity are the ketch, the yawl and the schooner, each of which has two masts and a minimum of three sails. A sloop has a simple system of mast rigging — a forestay (connecting the mast to bow), a backstay (mast to stern) and shrouds (mast to sides). By having only
Swallow-class sloop horsepower of between and . Propulsion was applied through a single screw and at maximum power under steam, top speed was about . A barque rig of sails was carried, which meant the ships of the class had three masts with a square rig on the fore and main masts. The first two ships were ordered on 5 July 1852, "Ariel" on 2 April 1853 and "Lyra" on 3 April 1854. Swallow-class sloop The "Swallow"-class sloop was a 9-gun wooden screw sloop class of four ships built for the Royal Navy between 1854 and 1857. Built of a traditional wooden