It's either a container ship or a tanker, both named as blandly as possible.
>>2077198The word "Schooner" comes from old American colonial Scots which in and of itself was just a rendering of the Dutch word for "Skipper" or Captain, which is ultimately derived from the Dutch word Scip for "Ship"The word "Galleon" just comes from the Medieval Greek term galea, which was the smallest ship in the Byzantine Navy and probably just comes from their name for a breed of shark. It's basically the equivalent of a modern warship being named a "Destroyer" The point I'm trying to make is that these words are only charming in retrospect, their charm comes from centuries of art, history, and literature surrounding these names. In their original context, they were just as boring as "Container Ship" or "Tanker". And someday even the term "tanker" might become romanticized itself and we'll start all over again.
>>2077198>schooner>galleonread gooner while scrolling the catalogue
>>2077240Revisionist spotted. If we like it - we do it. Discussion over.
>>2077240ask the people with some weird language to name them.Which one do you prefer for tanker ships?>llong dancer>safinat naqila>vaixell cisterna>petrolÅipo
>>2078313llong dancer is the shit
What's more important nowadays is the navigation chokepoint a ship can safely sail throuigh, so we have panamax, suezmax and mallacamax sizes. There's also ro-ros for vehicle ships. Sounds playful.
>>2078313As long as you don't ask a Chinese speaker, they'll just give you Junk!
>>2077198But boats still do have charming names. We just don't use sails anymore on our transportation and business sector ships anymore. Ships were primarily named for their rigging, their hull shape, and their ability to use oars or other alternate methods of propulsion. We have no galleys or schooners anymore, because boats no longer have oar ports or masts for sails. At most a boat will have a tower for communication. Names like frigate, destroyer, corvette, and battleship are still around because they were more dynamic in their rigging and designs, and thus the role they played in war stuck rather than being defined by what was a product of the time. But regardless, you can still own a sloop, a ketch, a yawl, or a schooner. Nobody is stopping you. Maybe someday we'll return to partial windpower and we'll see nuclear clipper ships or something. I do think sails really set older ships apart in terms of aesthetics, since the flowing fabric did so much to complement the seas they sailed on, but ships still have plenty to appreciate in the modern day as well
