Sloop: The Pirate's Favorite Ship(1680-1741)

Sloop: The Pirate's Favorite Ship(1680-1741) | Pirate Ship Types

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The sloop was a vessel tailored perfectly for the Caribbean. It was built for speed, yet it never sacrificed its cargo capacity, making it perfect both for merchants, and for pirates. It could sail up shallow waters, reefs, swamps and rivers, allowing the sloop to hide, pursue, flee. Everything you need for a get-rich-quick-scheme. It required a small crew to handle, as little as five men, but pirates could easily overcrowd them with up to 90 men, meaning less work for everyone, and a numerical advantage in combat.
Sources:
Sloops & Shallops - William Baker
Cedar on the reef - James Christopher Welliver Southerly
Cedars, Sloops and Slaves - Michael J. Jarvis
Institutionalized Piracy and the Development of the Jamaica Sloop - Amanda Michelle Evans
The Slave Ship - Marcus Rediker
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:36 Instant Gaming
4:30 Origins
6:20 Hull construction
11:40 Rigging
#pirates #ships #sloop #history

Пікірлер: 130

@MrSlaughterrific 10 ай бұрын

Wake up, new boat video

@DefinitelyNotEmma 10 ай бұрын

Ship*

@shakybill3 10 ай бұрын

@@CEO_of_Unpopular_OpinionsDid you wash yo ass todaaay?

@nightfire_CSGO 9 ай бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotEmmaidk man looks like a Buoyancy Operated Aquatic Transport to me

@imhatchmantoo 7 ай бұрын

Amen 🎉

@reidparker1848 6 ай бұрын

Babe!

@farmerboy916 10 ай бұрын

The governor doesn’t want you to know this, but the sloops are free, you can just take them. I have 37

@Integrawr 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Glad you didn't dunk on Sea of Thieves too hard for their inaccurate reprentation of a sloop. The ships in SoT are sized in ways to focus more around balanced gameplay for ship/crew sizes as opposed to historical accuracy. Obviously sloops were OP back then, but SoT designs them to get sunk when going broadside with a galleon, requiring the sloop crew (1-2) players to make amazing plays against galleons/brigs.

@dragonlord4194 10 ай бұрын

Even with accuate sails and a lower hull that would have been easy to balance

@king_milkfart 10 ай бұрын

@@dragonlord4194 #sloopsfired

@dragonlord4194 10 ай бұрын

@@king_milkfart Wat?

@Phantom_Zer0 9 ай бұрын

Videogames need to focus on balance, especially if they are multiplayer, balance and functionality is more important than historical accuracy. Of course some people go too far and add female cyber ninjas to ww2 like Battlefield V, or more nonsense like one of the last CoD games which i don't know the name. 😂 And no one should play a game or watch a movie and take it like reality, i love when a game is accurate but i understand that accuracy can also ruin the game completely, we need to separate both things and that way we can have fun with games and history.

@patron8597 9 ай бұрын

@@dragonlord4194No, I disagree. More sails would have obstructed the vision too much, making it even harder to manage on your own. A lower hull would have meant a smaller target, giving it an unfair advantage.

@dariuszkwietnioczub 10 ай бұрын

Royal Sloop max out on upgrades is the best ship in SM Pirates! 187* crew and 20 guns.

@arathyn8294 10 ай бұрын

The high castle on the sea of thieves sloop has a gameplay reason as well. Since it's the only ship meant to be driven solo, I imagine it was deliberately given a raised helm so that one person can adequately see without a lookout. Without it, I imagine solo players would hit a lot of sea rocks.

@JesusRocksTryPrayin 10 ай бұрын

I think it's time we did wind powered cars. "The Honda Sloop: works just about as good as a windfarm. Cya on the side of the road!" i'd buy one..

@RogueAgentKorasi 10 ай бұрын

Ahhhhh, Sloops! A scallywag's best friend!

@Alex-cw3rz 10 ай бұрын

The sloop in sea of theives seems to be based off a modern pleasure yacht with a deck saloon and then for some bizarre reason made it square rigged.

@matthewwyman1581 2 ай бұрын

It’s actually based on a cog, a type of medieval warship

@pasatebo Ай бұрын

that "some reason" is gameplay

@jamesgoldin7063 8 ай бұрын

As someone whose pirate novels generally take place on a sloop, this is fantastically useful. And I've never seen most of the sketches you found! Thanks.

@merafirewing6591 10 ай бұрын

The Sloop is the swiss army knife for the Caribbean.

@loganw1232 10 ай бұрын

The Sloop was the best pirate ship of that age.

@theiyrosthenes1639 9 ай бұрын

Always impresses me how people centuries ago could design things so complex and accommodating for so many variables, all without internet and whatnot. Masters of their craft. I think they’re smarter than us. Plop one of those guys into the 21st century and give him a iphone, and he would discover and invent wonders

@Dr.Balaclava 10 ай бұрын

He should get with a game dev and design a game about pirates though and make it like a hyper realistic Caribbean sim

@insovietrussiavodka 3 ай бұрын

A game that would be interesting for him to look into and talk about would be Naval Action. Specially as it has "Pirates Republic" as a faction. They include a lot of different ships, starting out of course with the smaller ones such as Cutters, Snows, brigs and snakes. They do follow the design he speak about with the rounded hole and the small extra mast on the snow. There is an issue perhaps, as the game *seemingly* takes place in 1797 or there about, judging by the ships available. But it does feature MANY things that would be interesting to look into, such as modifications you can build onto your ships or perhaps just the various types of cargo.

@fnansjy456 10 ай бұрын

This episode was the B.O.A.T

@matthewwyman1581 2 ай бұрын

Best of All Time

@powermonkeys5000Gena 2 ай бұрын

you will love the game "sea dogs to each his own" fells like this game was designed for people like you and me

@silverjohn6037 10 ай бұрын

It's always nice to see information about the "poor man's" side of history instead of the more glamorous war ships (though in this case the sloop would probably been been lower middle class;). It's a bit like people focusing on knights and their gear without talking about the hobilar light cavalry in the medieval period. Edited for a missing word.

@kingkahoonah 10 ай бұрын

Couldn’t have asked for a better Friday upload, thank you sir

@starryslight7095 18 күн бұрын

I'm writing a pirate story set in 1700 and trying to make it as historically accurate as I am able. This video was super helpful!! I figured I would use a sloop, but I was having trouble visualizing a lot of its interior. This helped a lot. Thank you!

@TeutonicRizz 10 ай бұрын

I love this pirate history channel!, From the memey thumbnails, to satisfying deep voice, to good and simple way of documenting and to a good editing this guy is my "Number #1 Pirate/Ship Documentary Channel"

@simba4805 10 ай бұрын

Great summary of the sloop! It is a great ship type (even though it's not actually a "ship"). And there were such cool designs - especially the Bermudan Sloops. Shame they are so misrepresented in most media. I wholeheartedly agree that Sid Meier's Pirates should get a (second) remake with customizable ships - I would be all over that! I still have a question though: Have you found any information on when the "bermuda sail" (as in a triangular mainsail without a gaff like on the Bermuda boat at 4:42) started to be used and if it was ever used on the Bermuda Sloop? I'm pretty sure the raked mast would've helped a great deal in having a triangular mainsail and it would probably even add to the "looking like a swordfish"-ness so often described. Personally, I like gaff sails better, but I can see the perks of reducing the risks of a heavy gaff falling onto the deck and killing people, especially on a short-handed crew like many merchants might've had.

@thealleys 10 ай бұрын

The bad part about this video is that it had an ending.

@justsomedude5727 10 ай бұрын

Id be interested in a whole video on the proto-sloops.

@williamrobinson7435 10 ай бұрын

This is great! The Bermuda sloop is beautiful expression of the type, with its raked mast. As a new subscriber, I look forward to checking out your catalogue of films! The ending of this one is a hoot. 🤣Wonderful stuff! 🌟👍

@shable1436 10 ай бұрын

Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on

@Thibaut_Guerquin 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video, you make learning about the age of sail all the more interesting, and I love the tone of your presentations, keep it up !

@justsomedude5727 10 ай бұрын

Another video idea: Explain ships rigging functions and purpose.

@mageillus 10 ай бұрын

Parts of the ship kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMh5lbOavtrDgp8.html Sails and Spars kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8h9iKiV2t2rmWQ.html

@strikeforce1500 9 ай бұрын

The real reason there isn't a lot of sloop discover in the Caribbean,it's because it's such a chad that it didn't sink, it only turn into early versions of submarines /s. It's such an odd thing my country,the Dominican Republic, have never invested or show interest to search for old ships in general. But,tbh, we kinda ignore our history in general, unless it is for circlejerk ngl

@alfaalle 7 ай бұрын

Loved the video! Especially the hull construction part. 🤩 It would be great to see more of these detailed videos on other ship types. It feels lite a very big project tho.😅 Thank you for a great video!

@gerbrandt7213 10 ай бұрын

Also my favorite in sea of thieves

@unknowntrooper_2791 10 ай бұрын

Great video with very interesting info of an interesting topic. Sad that the early sloops of buccaneer era are a bit mysterious (would love to learn more of them). Btw a small comment of Condent, he did set sail from the Caribbean with a sloop I think but soon he replaced it with a bigger Dutch ship (kinda highlighting the point made of sloops as mostly a regional or Atlantic vessels). Brooks wrote of him in detail I think. Anyway, great job in digging into the sloop construction and such. Very interesting and valuable work! I learned a lot of its more technical sides. Also great to see the sponsorship continuing. Cheers!🏴‍☠️

@eingrobernerzustand3741 10 ай бұрын

Sloop

@thecreweofthefancy 10 ай бұрын

It amazes me how many times Americans get confused over what a Bermuda type mast and rigging looked in this time period versus what is popularly called Bermuda rigging today. Many debates have occurred over the failure to understand there are two different meanings depending on time period.

@nobodyjustacreep 10 ай бұрын

You should check out the game The pirate: Caribbean Hunt... it would be cool to see what you think of the ships on that game

@dragonlord4194 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting and informative. I learned quite a bit about this ship. Another Game series that might be interesting for you could be Port Royal. Also I would love to see some other times of piracy. Maybe the Hanse time and Störtebecker.

@mattgutierrez7651 10 ай бұрын

I really appreciate the inclusion of scholarly resources! Been trying to make an early colonial schooner for some time, and "Ceder on the Reef" seems to have just what I need. One question though - on schooner rigged sloops, were both masts raked? Thanks!

@Harry-bc2dn 2 ай бұрын

Love this series! Would it be possible for you to provide information, or direction to, regarding the typical freeboard of vessels during the period? I have little trouble finding draught or depth of hold, but always the freeboard eludes me

@beddypk2778 10 ай бұрын

Hey dude i love your work

@clmk28 10 ай бұрын

Amazing video!

@AidanCadogan 9 ай бұрын

I would have thought studding sails were to be used in light winds only, they'd snap in any heavy wind

@paulsteele8614 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting video ,learned a lot

@wesleyredmond3464 7 ай бұрын

Hey man I appreciate you using FREEDOM units!🤘🏻

@ilyalogkiy 10 ай бұрын

Great work 👏 Btw, Gold and Gunpowder, what's your favorite pirate ship type?

@GoldandGunpowder 10 ай бұрын

i change my mind all the time lol, i guess i like all of them

@jopp382 10 ай бұрын

a american privateer heratar use a sloops of war with 16 cannon. To capture an english sloop with 21 cannon

@Barakon 10 ай бұрын

How big of a crew would a sloop need? What’s the minimum size?

@phredphlintstone6455 10 ай бұрын

Wouldn't it depend somewhat on the size of the sloop? Ah, as few as 5...so, 5. At around 2:30

@kalvinchester4068 9 ай бұрын

The sloop in Sea of Thieves looks weird but is a consequence of how they designed the game. There are no fore and aft sails, only squaresails, and as such there isnt much customization there. The back of the ship being that open is also a design choice to help solo crews. That cabin is a mid deck between the main and lower deck, where if you get damage and need to bail water, you'd use a bucket and throw it out the back fairly easily. Regardless, the sloop has a lower learning curve in the game, and you can have up to 2 players on the ship at a time. And if you are two very good players, youd probably be the scarriest ship in the game as the sloop is far more maneuverable and able to quickly recover from ship battles. Galleons and brigantines are faster but not as agile, more area for damage, and need a bigger crew to manage (4 for galleon, 3 for brigantine) which their communication and skill determines if they sink or not. If the crew is equally skilled as you, it'd would be a struggle to come out on top and easily could get overwhelmed.

@NuttyCuts_ 9 ай бұрын

Galleons are only faster than sloops when they have the wind in their sails, if a sloop is chasing a galleon and neither ship has the wind, the sloop will catch up. Brigs are in the middle of everything and most players will agree they are pretty pointless as they don’t specialise in anything.

@DtrainTheGreat 8 ай бұрын

Small nitpick, but at the beginning you suggest that the Whydah Galley sank in the Caribbean when she was actually sunk in a storm off of Cape Cod!

@itsjustjoe3790 9 ай бұрын

Super cool video.

@ycplum7062 4 ай бұрын

Sid Meier's Pirates! is a classic.

@ak74udieby 8 ай бұрын

Got me installing sid meiers pirates again

@brendanturner2362 5 ай бұрын

I come here for interesting and reputable information, so when you roast certain comments I laugh. I'm not gonna even attempt to suggest I know anything about pirates. I just think it's cool.

@krissyb1980 9 ай бұрын

Thomas Tew 🖤☠️ I was searching for info on the Rhode Island pirate. I knew the Amity was a sloop and I'm glad he got a mention.

@thedictationofallah 7 ай бұрын

tew was a bastard

@ostrowulf 10 ай бұрын

A missed opportunity to look at Empire: Total War ships, as there are Caribean pirates in that too. Napoleon, I beleive has more accurate ships, but a bit later. Same goes for Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail.

@jl88570 10 ай бұрын

Great video friend 👍👌😉.

@caryharper9190 10 ай бұрын

Oh! Terminology! If you had not told me the correct pronunciation. I would only believe you was adding flare to "sail." But no! It was some long dead bastards. That added the flare to "sail!" But this is why I so do love to watch and listen to your channel. Keep up the good work sir!

@marcosmackie 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@tau3457 3 ай бұрын

Sometimes they carried whole sloop frames and even mainmasts to build them quickly at the destination.

@jeffarc 4 ай бұрын

Hello! Wanted to mention that there is a mobile game called Pirates Caribbean Hunt for free and I would say it’s quite accurate when it comes to the ships!

@ftornik100 9 ай бұрын

I would realky like your review on 'pirate' games. The two you mentioned, and I could add at least "Blood and gold: Carribean!", which is a mod for Mount and Blade game, and an old series of "Sea Dogs" games (the last one being Sea Dogs: to each his own).

@andrzejfij9706 8 ай бұрын

Amazing video, congrats! Also I am a bit interested. If a ship like a sloop (25 tons) could take nearly 70 slaves and the sloop (11 tons) - 30 slaves, so what was the maximum amount tons of cargo this kind of ship could take? It seems more voluminous then it looks like

@hystoryan 5 ай бұрын

Did the sloops generally have cabins and holds? I was reading about Blackbeard's final fight and it mentioned how Blackbeard's sloop had a 'hold' meaning that it must have been large enough for one. Was this common in sloops? Or did only larger sloops have holds? Also I saw some pictures (like the ones you shared) where it looks like the sloops had cabins but was this common or were they generally too small for that? thanks.

@thedictationofallah 7 ай бұрын

14:16 I have a MASSIVE DOUBT. In other documentaries I've heard stuns'ls (studding sails) only being used in calm winds and had to be taken off when the wind blows stronger so that they may not strain the spars. please am need answer

@drohegda 9 ай бұрын

Sir did you do a video on the Woman Pirate Grace O'Malley of Ireland. Thank You.

@adamcroes4567 10 ай бұрын

Hope we get a video on schooners someday!

@skeletor6789 5 ай бұрын

One thing that hasn't been covered, is figured heads on the front of ships. Like you see in the movies and games. Did they really exist? No documentary mentions ships having figure heads mounted on the the ship. Can you cover this topic please?

@MorganMillsaps 2 ай бұрын

Immediate follow after you said "nomnomnom" referring to the termites

@scelonferdi 8 ай бұрын

A little bit of hopefully helpful feedback: For many international viewers it could be rather nice to also give rough metric equivalents of the imperial units used. Just putting it in brackets on the written text would really be enough.

@vinnyf4726 9 ай бұрын

Say what you want. Both thelSid Myers pirates on dos and xbox are great games.

@StodOneR 9 ай бұрын

Can anybody share any source materials in regards to interior of a specific ship , cannot seem to find it anywhere im reffering to a Russian Brit "Mercury" it has the rear captains quarter windows and looks fairly decorated but im not sure how it all fits inside . Or are the windows purely a decorative piece on the ship?

@ErinBudgets 10 ай бұрын

What kind of ship is the Walrus in Black Sails?

@nothanks9503 9 ай бұрын

I know very little of Dutch is the dutch one the schloop or some similar spelling feels like that’s how the dutch would spell something lol

@akumaking1 9 ай бұрын

Know any good sloop ship models to built?

@stefanstoyanov7460 9 ай бұрын

I agree, a sloot needs at least 5 men to operate properly, but she can easily take 90 men aboard. 🤣🤣🤣

@jasondohrman7098 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, truly enjoyed it. A band called "the beach boys" did a cool old song back in the day. It's called " sloop John b." Check it out if you get a chance.

@OndrejSc 10 ай бұрын

In Bermuda, there can be found the finest sloots.

@MEyck97 10 ай бұрын

Any thought about Amaro Pargo?

@DIEGhostfish 6 ай бұрын

Interesting, I had hewrd the smaller slaving vessels took off more after the British ban on trading.

@kneegrow3906 8 ай бұрын

See - darr lol

@nothanks9503 9 ай бұрын

In another life I was an ensign on a coastguard cutter I mean sloop

@wetbiscuitrollsinaplane 9 ай бұрын

suprised i havnt seen the potc online game in the video game section of any videos

@jasper3127 9 ай бұрын

Sloop John B? Beach Boys -any relevance? This can be an interesting if confusing channel.

@charliekill88 9 ай бұрын

wait i thought queen annes revenge sank in the carolinas

@gegepandora6872 2 ай бұрын

Boat go vroom

@ShaOrna 9 ай бұрын

I wonder how the Morrigan from AC Rogue measures up as a sloop of war.

@Noble-scout 10 ай бұрын

Did someone say new boat video?

@jillatherton4660 5 ай бұрын

👍

@naughtiusmaximus1811 10 ай бұрын

Arrr

@cleverusername9369 9 ай бұрын

Two reasons I love this channel: 1) the production value: extremely informative, good jokes, excellent visuals 2) the narrator has a great voice to fall asleep to, I'll make a Playlist of these videos and fall asleep, then watch them the next day.

@samditto 9 ай бұрын

Kromar spotted

@Sl20 Ай бұрын

Love the name!!!!love the sound!!!!!!!🫢🔴🤫SLOOP PRODUCTIONS!!!🫢🔴🤫

@elshebactm6769 9 ай бұрын

🗿👍🏿

@Captain_Cinnamon 10 ай бұрын

Personal question: Do you sail yourself?

@GoldandGunpowder 10 ай бұрын

haven't yet sadly

@nealmaxwell790 10 ай бұрын

Is it me or does David Cordingly kinda look like Stephen King?

@multiio1424 10 ай бұрын

When I hear "sloop" I think of kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g716i7eVqLzXe30.html

@thesnipenieer2144 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, Sea of Thieves isn't the most accurate portrayal of pirates lmao. The images you used for the Sloop are outdated, as they've since been outfitted with two swivel harpoons at the bow. The figurehead is a customization option, iirc the default is a regular head. I can see why the Sloop is given that sail, since that's the only sail configuration in the game. Keeping things simple for players so that they don't have to relearn entirely new sail controls makes total sense.