Xebec

A xebec (/ˈziːbɛk/ or /zᵻˈbɛk/), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. It would have a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The term can also refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea.

Description

Xebecs were similar to galleys used by Algerian corsairs and Barbary pirates having both lateen sails and oars for propulsion. Early xebecs had two masts; later ones three. Xebecs featured a distinctive hull with pronounced overhanging bow and stern, and rarely displaced more than 200 tons, making them slightly smaller and with slightly fewer guns than frigates of the period.

Some victorious xebecs of the Spanish Navy, about 1770 (see Antonio Barceló campaigns... in Spanish):

Xebec (studio)

Xebec, Inc. (株式会社ジーベック, Kabushiki Gaisha Jībekku) is a subsidiary of IG Port (the holding company of anime studio Production I.G) that specialises in the production of television anime. They have worked on many popular series such as Love Hina, To Love-Ru and Martian Successor Nadesico. Their sound effects department uses sound effects similar to those distinctly identified with Sunrise.

The company logotype is unique, in that it includes the phonetic transcription: [zíːbek].

Works

TV