Frigate and Frigate Bird

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Today's new drawings are of an Old Time Sailing Ship, called a Frigate; and a drawing of Frigate Birds.

Old Time Sailing Ship

(A Frigate)

Frigate Birds

The age of wooden sailing ships actually went on for thousands of years.  The Egyptian culture has the first record of sailing ships.  That dates to around 4000 BC.  The Polynesians appear to have begun sailing about 1000 BC.  The Greeks and Romans also sailed.  The Chinese were sailing around 200 AD.  

Then there is the mystery of the Australian Aborigines.  They came to Australia in one group around 50,000 - 70,000 years ago.  And it appears that they must have come over on boats or some kind of sailing vessels... possibly from Africa.    

THIS sailing ship is from the "Age of Sail," which was roughly between 1470 to 1860.  This ship is also a small type of armed ship, meaning it has cannons, not armor.  It is a small frigate or a sloop or a corvette.  These were small ships with fast square-rigged sails.  They were used for the escort of unarmed ships and for patrol or scouting.  This ship is a small frigate and it has only 14 guns (or cannons) on the main deck with 6 additional guns on the back or poop deck.  (I did not make that up.)  The poop deck has two guns or cannons on each side and two guns facing back on the stern.  These poop deck cannons are smaller than the cannon on the main deck.  A Man O War ship had 124 cannons on three decks.  So a frigate was much smaller. 

Can you find the forked tail "Frigate Bird" in the drawing of the Old Time Ship (Frigate)?  Since this ship is a small type of frigate I thought it would be cool to add a drawing of Frigate Birds.  So, I originally drew this drawing of the ship, then afterward I drew the Frigate Birds.  Frigate birds are large seabirds yet they can't swim.  They get all their food in the form of fish.  Yet they can't land on the water.  Frigate birds can also fly for months on end with little or no rest.  They are black with a red gular pouch on the males.  The males inflate their red gular pouch to attract females during the breeding season.  Frigate birds have a wingspan of around 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters wide.  My wife and I have seen Frigate Birds in the Galapagos Islands.  They are so big that they look like Pterosaurs. 

NOTE:  To get to the printable version of the ship drawing click on the button labeled "Vehicles and Military Vehicles." Then scroll to the bottom of the list of vehicle drawings.  Technically a ship IS a vehicle.  To get to the drawing of the Frigate Birds click on the button labeled "Birds."  Then again scroll down to the bottom of the list.  New drawings are always at the bottom of the lists. Finally, if you want to color these birds the correct color, remember they are black with some white near the neck and a red pouch at the throat if it is a male.