By 1890 the newly launched large sailing ships gradually changed in rigging from barque to schooner.
Stephens stole a schooner the other day, didn't he?
The northern fleet consisted of different types of vessels comprising sloops, small schooners and ketches.
This meant that the plates had to be prepared on board the schooner, then rowed ashore for exposure and immediately returned to the dark room.
Another difficulty to overcome was the transportation of the glass plates to and from the schooner, as she was inevitably anchored some distance from the shore.
The method of transporting goods from one island to another is that of shipping them by schooner, which takes a long time.
No arms were found on the schooner raided.
The ships which have been torpedoed varied between large liners of 20,000 tons and caiques and schooners loaded with troops and military stores.
