The ship was more handy, more wieldy, and more convenient.

She was unquestionably the first effort of English ingenuity in the direction of manageableness and simplicity.

"The vessel in question," says Charnock, "may be considered the parent of the class of shipping which continues in practice even to the present moment." It is scarcely necessary to pursue in detail the further history of Phineas Pett.

We may briefly mention the principal points.

In 1612, the Prince Royal was appointed to convey the Princess Elizabeth and her husband, The Palsgrave, to the Continent.