Pink (ship)

A pink (French: pinque) is a sailing ship with a very narrow stern.

The first was a small, flat-bottomed ship with a narrow stern; the name derived from the Italian word pinco.

[2] This model of ship was often used in the Mediterranean because it could be sailed in shallow waters and through coral reefs.

There is a reference to "pink" in its maritime sense in the State Papers of Charles II under 1 February 1672, with diarist Samuel Pepys notified about one offered for sale: "Col. Bullen Reymes to Samuel Pepes (Pepys).

Offering to sell a pink now at Weymouth which can be brought round to Portsmouth and examined by Commissioner Tippetts, or by whom else they please, or to let her by the month, if they will not buy her."