The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FRIGATES which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2004.
Mediterranean vessels crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FRIGATES | 25 % | 8 |
| XEBECS | 25 % | 6 |
| LATEENS | 25 % | 7 |
| SETEES | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mediterranean vessels
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- frigate
- average
- carvel
- galley
- marseille
- nereid
- passero
- phoenicia
- suez canal
- toulon
- wrasse
- barca
Crossword Answer definitions
FRIGATES noun- An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle.
- A 19th-century warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship.
- A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose.
- A frigatebird.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FRIGATES
- Naval escort ships
- Combat-ready craft
- Ship-rigged war vessels.
- The Constitution and others.
- Warships.
- Warships
- Naval escorts
- Mediterranean vessels
- The USS Constitution and others
More clues leading to the result XEBECS
- Mediterranean three-masted ships.
- Mediterranean vessels.
- Corsairs' ships.
- Ships of Mediterranean corsairs.
- Old sailing ships.
- Three-masted vessels
- Three-masted Medit. vessels
- Three-masted ships
- Craft for corsairs
- Three-masted sailing ships
More clues leading to the result LATEENS
- Mediterranean boats
- Triangular-sailed ships
- Triangular sails
- Sailing rigs used on Mediterranean vessels.
- Square sails.
- Triangular sails.
- Vessels with triangular sails.
- Vessels.
- Mediterranean vessels
- Mediterranean rigs