Pinnaces
The English pinnace Sunne was the first vessel reported built at the Chatham Dockyard, in 1586. English pinnaces of the time were typically of around 100 tons, and carried 5 to 16 guns.
The Dutch built pinnaces during the early 17th century. Dutch pinnaces had a hull form resembling a small "race built" galleon, and was usually rigged as a ship (square rigged on three masts), or carried a similar rig on two masts (in a fashion akin to the later "brig"). Pinnaces saw use as merchant vessels, pirate vessels and small warships. Not all were small vessels, some being nearer to larger ships in tonnage. This type saw widespread use in northern waters, as they had a shallow draught. The wreck of an English pinnace with a set of 12 matched cannon, previously unknown at the time, when vessels carried a mixture of unmatched cannon using disparate ammunition, was discovered in 2009. The armament is considered revolutionary, and a contributing factor to the deadly reputation of the English naval artillery.
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