Full-rigged ship

Full-rigged sailing ship Christian Radich
Full-rigged sailing ship Royal Clipper
Amerigo Vespucci, full-rigged ship of the Italian Marina Militare

A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. Such a vessel is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged, with each mast stepped in three segments: lower, top, and topgallant.

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