Xebec

Xebec
A xebec with three lateens and oars
Type	Sailing vessel
Place of origin	Probably Algeria[1][2]
Service history
In service	16th to mid-19th century
Used by	Mainly MENA states Sometimes used in Europe
Specifications
Mass	100–200 tons, in some cases up to 600 t
Crew	90 to 400

A xebec (/ˈziːbɛk/ or /zɪˈbɛk/), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The term can also refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea.