Name of sea ships?

Question

***Old Sailing ships that were made of wood (not modern steam ships)***

Can anyone give me a list of ship names (Categorized).

For example:

Brulot: A ship that carries explosives and etc.

Answer 1

There were different ways but generally they were classed or named according to their rig. A ship rig was square sail on the masts with stay sails between the masts. A brigantine had square sails and fore and aft sails. A schooner had fore and aft sails but a topsail schooner might have a square sail also. This is a huge subject and difficult to answer completely here. I haven't even begun. If I was you I would check out a book on the subject.

Answer 2

A brigantine carried prisoner's hence the naval term "Brig"

Frigates, corsairs, etc. were determined by their cannon capacity and speed.

Hope this helps.