Editing Barque (section)

==Bark==
[[File:Endeavour entering Fremantle.jpg|thumb|A [[HM Bark Endeavour Replica|1993 replica]] of HM Bark ''Endeavour'']]

In the 18th century, the [[Royal Navy]] used the term bark for a nondescript vessel that did not fit any of its usual categories. Thus, when the British admiralty purchased a [[collier (ship type)|collier]] for use by [[James Cook]] in his journey of exploration, she was registered as {{ship|HM Bark|Endeavour}} to distinguish her from another ''Endeavour'', a [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] already in service at the time. ''Endeavour'' happened to be a [[full-rigged ship]] with a plain bluff bow and a full stern with windows.

[[William Falconer (poet)|William Falconer]]'s ''Dictionary of the Marine'' defined "bark", as "a general name given to small ships: it is however peculiarly appropriated by seamen to those which carry three masts without a [[mast (sailing)|mizzen]] [[topsail]]. Our Northern Mariners, who are trained in the coal-trade, apply this distinction to a broad-sterned ship, which carries no ornamental figure on the stem or prow."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0113.html |title=William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine |publisher=[[National Library of Australia]] |date=2004-02-03 |access-date=2013-02-11 |archive-date=2013-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606025649/http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0113.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A 16th-century paper document in the [[Cheshire Record Office|Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service]] notes the names of Robert Ratclyfe, owner of the bark ''Sunday'' and 10 mariners appointed to serve under the [[Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex|Earl of Sussex]], [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=DDX 43/34(a) |url=http://catalogue.cheshirearchives.org.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DDX+43%2f34(a)&pos=3 |publisher=Cheshire Archives |access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>