Xebec

This article is about the type of ship. For the defunct computer company, see Xebec Corporation. For the animation studio, see Xebec (studio).
Xebec
A xebec with three lateens and oars
TypeSailing vessel
Place of originAlgeria
Service history
In service16th to mid-19th century
Used by Algiers
Tunis
Tripolitania
Ottoman Empire
Morocco
Sometimes used in Europe
Specifications
Mass100–200 tons, in some cases up to 600 t
Crew90 to 400

A xebec (/ˈziːbɛk/ or /zɪˈbɛk/), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that originated in the barbary states (Algeria). It 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.

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