Mystique

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="041c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>MYSTIQUE</B></div> <div> <B>The MYSTIQUE was built in the Marseille shipyards around the</B></div> <div> <B>middle of the eighteenth century, and sailed until the beginning of</B></div> <div> <B>the nineteenth. She was a three master, being equipped with a lateen</B></div> <div> <B>sail in the foremast, and square sails on both the main and mixen</B></div> <div> <B>masts. If becalmed or in difficulties with her sails, she could revert to</B></div> <div> <B>her oars. To all extents and purposes her hull is that of a xebec, thus</B></div> <div> <B>earning the ship her title of "Polacre-Xebec". She was a trading</B></div> <div> <B>vessel, but to defend herself by pirate attacks, she was provided with</B></div> <div> <B>18 guns.</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Model Ships</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Model Ships"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16"><B>     </B><A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mississippi"><U><B><IMG SRC="04710100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="America"><U><B><IMG SRC="04810100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Model Ships"><U><B><IMG SRC="049100e0.gif" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> Mystique</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="19a8fe40.jpg" border=0 width="655" height="484" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>