The West Indiaman is a variation of the Large Fluyt, designed specifically to survive the long and dangerous oceanic journeys to and from the Old World. The ships are particularly seaworthy, yet can be handled by a small (and thus inexpensive) crew.
Like the Fluyt and Large Fluyt, West Indiamen are very slow and very unwieldy ships, lightly armed and entirely ill-suited for use as pirate or military craft. |
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