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A Bilander, also spelled billander or be'landre, was a small European merchant ship
Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as the ferry or cargo ships, fishing, cruise ship, Coast guard, and warship....
 with two mast
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
s, used in the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 for coast and canal traffic and occasionally seen in the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
 but more frequently to be seen in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
. The mainmast was lateen
Lateen

A lateen or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long Yard mounted at an angle on the mast , and running in a fore-and-aft direction....
-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail
Mainsail

A mainsail is the most important sail raised from the main mast of a sailing vessel.On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast....
, but the foremast carried the conventional square course
Course (sail)

In sailing, a course sail is the principal sail on a mast.This term is used predominantly on square rigged vessels, referring to the largest and lowest sail on each mast ....
 and square topsail
Topsail

A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails....
. They rarely reached a size of more than 100 tons.






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A Bilander, also spelled billander or be'landre, was a small European merchant ship
Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as the ferry or cargo ships, fishing, cruise ship, Coast guard, and warship....
 with two mast
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
s, used in the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 for coast and canal traffic and occasionally seen in the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
 but more frequently to be seen in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
. The mainmast was lateen
Lateen

A lateen or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long Yard mounted at an angle on the mast , and running in a fore-and-aft direction....
-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail
Mainsail

A mainsail is the most important sail raised from the main mast of a sailing vessel.On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast....
, but the foremast carried the conventional square course
Course (sail)

In sailing, a course sail is the principal sail on a mast.This term is used predominantly on square rigged vessels, referring to the largest and lowest sail on each mast ....
 and square topsail
Topsail

A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails....
. They rarely reached a size of more than 100 tons. Not many ships of this sort are around; other designs were proved to be more efficient and were thus used instead.