Royal Sloop

Sloops are fast, agile, and have a shallow draft. They are generally rigged with a large mainsail which is attached to a spar above the mast on its foremost edge, and to a long boom below. They sometimes sport additional sails both square and lateen-rigged. Highly prized among smugglers and pirates for their speed and manoeuvrability they are ironically also the chosen ship of many pirate hunters.

With its additional flying jib and lazy-jack spanker the Royal Sloop matches its smaller counterpart the Sloop in speed and manoeuvrability while also being a much larger vessel with capacity for far more crew, cargo and guns. In this respect it outstrips even the Sloop Of War and is much sought after by pirates, privateers and smugglers for its shallow draft and winning combination of firepower and nimbleness.