Ketch (disambiguation)
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A ketch
is a sailing craft with two masts.
Ketch may also refer to:
People
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Ketch
A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward...
is a sailing craft with two masts.
Ketch may also refer to:
People
- Daniel Ketch, a Marvel Comics character
- Jack KetchJack KetchJohn Ketch was an infamous English executioner employed by King Charles II. An immigrant of Irish extraction, he became famous through the way he performed his duties during the tumults of the 1680s, when he was often mentioned in broadsheet accounts that circulated throughout the Kingdom of...
(died 1686), English executioner
Places
- Ketch Harbour, Nova ScotiaKetch Harbour, Nova ScotiaKetch Harbour is a former rural fishing community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on Route 349, 17 kilometers from Halifax. It is currently inhabited by people who, for the most part, commute to Halifax and its surrounding areas to...