Caravel (Age of Empires III)

A Caravel is a small European explorer ship that is first featured in Age of Empires III.

Game Info
The Caravel is one of the first military ships avaliable in the game other than the Galleon or Fluyt. The Caravel is very useful at exploring uncharted waters because it is not big as other large ships so it can move faster and can store troops inside it and transport them faster. The Caravel is also the only warship that can do fishing and whaling just like the defenseless Fishing Boats.

Real Info
The Caravel was a small, highly maneuverable, two- or three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for long voyages of exploration during the 15th century. Because of its small size, was able to explore upriver in shallow coastal waters. With the lateen sails affixed, it was able to go speedily over shallow water and take deep wind, while with the square Atlantic-type sails attached the Caravel was very fast. Because of all of this the Caravel was one of the best sailing vessels of its time