What the flip is a Spanker-mast

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On a three masted ship the spanker’s set on the mizzen, but once they went to four or more masts in the late 19th century the terms started to get a bit flexible. So yes, this is probably the aftermost mast on a four or even five masted iron barque.

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The masts on a square rigged run fore, main, mizzenmast, jigger, spanker.... and on.

A mizzen would be set on the mizzenmast mast, a main on the main mast and a spanker on the spanker mast.

There are up to 7 masts but my memory is not up to the remaining ones.
 
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