This article is about a historical type of sailing ship. For information on the cruise lines, see Windjammer Barefoot Cruises windjammer]]A windjammer was a type of sailing ship with a large iron or steel hull, built to carry cargo in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century centuries. They were the grandest of cargo sailing ships, with between three and five large masts and square sails, giving them a characteristic profile. They frequently displaced several thousand tons, and were cheaper than their wooden hulled counterparts for three main reasons: iron was stronger, and thus could enable larger ship sizes and considerable economies of scale, iron hulls took up less space and allowed for more cargo to be carried, and iron hulls were cheaper to maintain than an equivalent wooden hull. Windjammers were mainly produced from the 1870s to the 1890s, when the steamships began to outpace them economically, due to t