Editing Xebec (section)

=== Use by European powers ===
Some victorious xebecs of the Spanish Navy, about 1770 (see [[Antonio Barceló]] campaigns... in the Spanish version of the page of Wikipedia):
* ''Andaluz'', 30 guns (4 × 8-pounders)
* ''Africa'', 18 guns (4-pounders)
* ''Atrevido'', 20 guns
* ''Aventurero'', 30 guns (3 × 8-pounders)
* ''Murciano'', 16 guns, 4 pedreros (light [[swivel guns]])
* ''San Antonio''

Notable xebecs of the French Navy include four launched in 1750:
* ''Ruse'', 160 tons, 18 guns
* ''Serpent'', 160 tons [[Builder's Old Measurement|burthen]], 18 guns
* ''Requin'', 260 tons burthen, 24 guns
* ''Indiscret'', 260 tons burthen, 24 guns

[[Image:Sail plan xebec.svg|thumb|right|Sail plan for a polacre-xebec]]
In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a large [[polacre]]-xebec carried a [[square rig]] on the [[foremast]], [[lateen]] [[sail]]s on the other masts, a [[bowsprit]], and two [[headsail]]s. The square sail distinguished this form of a xebec from that of a [[felucca]] which is equipped solely with [[lateen]] sails.  The last of the xebecs in use by European navies were fully square-rigged and were termed xebec-frigates.

The British brig-sloop [[HMS Speedy (1782)|''Speedy'']]'s (14 guns, 54 men) defeat of the Spanish xebec-frigate ''[[Spanish frigate El Gamo|El Gamo]]'' (32 guns, 319 men) on 6 May 1801 is generally regarded as one of the most remarkable [[Single ship action|single-ship actions]] in naval history. It was the foundation of the legendary reputation of the ''Speedy''{{'}}s commander, [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald|Lord Cochrane]], which has in turn provided the inspiration for [[sea fiction]] such as [[Patrick O'Brian]]'s ''[[Master and Commander]]''.<ref name = Cordingly>{{cite book |title=Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander |author=David Cordingly |pages=3–4 |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2007 |location=New York |isbn=978-1-58234-534-5}}</ref>

[[Image:Chebec Mistic-IMG 8860.jpg|right|thumb|Squared-rigged xebec of the 1780-1815 period]]